religious music

Definitions of religious music

1. noun

   genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies
   synonyms: church music

   types:

   antiphon, antiphony

   a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response

   Mass

   a musical setting for a Mass

   processional, prosodion

   religious music used in a procession

   antiphonal, antiphonary

   bound collection of antiphons

   religious song

   religious music for singing

   gradual

   (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass

   Requiem

   a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead

   chant

   a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone

   Negro spiritual, spiritual

   a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States

   Christmas carol, carol

   joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ

   anthem, hymn

   a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

   type of:

   genre, music genre, musical genre, musical style

   an expressive style of music