church music
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- noun
- /tʃɜːrtʃ ˈmjuːzɪk/
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música religiosa
- During the service, the congregation sang beautiful church music that uplifted everyone's spirits.
- heard church music
- black church music
- blues and church music
Examples
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With her small choir, Ruth talked about church music, but she listened to everything: blues, rock, country, even jazz and classical.
Fiction book (2002) -
And that's what good church music does, really—it's inclusive.
Blog text (21) -
- My wife loved church music.
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- I love church music.
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How influential would you say church music was to your sound?
Blog text (3) -
I've never heard church music in the middle of the week before.
Fiction book (1992) -
They were thus representative of traditional church music.
Academic text (2005) -
And composers of modern church music don't care about technique at all.
Blog text (32) -
Church music was engraved on me at an early age in a denomination known for its choirs.
Fiction book (1997) -
To encourage people to join, Mulhoffer believes, the church needs to "use more modern church music, get a drummer and a couple of ladies who can really sing" (78).
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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Songs or pieces people sing in places of worship to show faith
How Religious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'music composed for or performed as part of religious ceremonies' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'church' (religious place/setting) with 'music' (organized sound). This noun‑noun compound follows a common compositional pattern found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Church music comes from the simple picture of people singing and playing instruments inside a church during 'worship' or a 'service' to help prayer and feeling. So today it means music written or used for religious services in church.