gospel
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- noun
- /ˈɡɑːspəl/
:
góspel
- Every Sunday, the church choir performs traditional gospel music that uplifts the congregation.
- gospel music
- a gospel choir
- gospel songs
They can't wait to hear Beyoncé sing gospel songs.
- They can't wait to hear Beyoncé sing gospel songs.
- I have gospel music playing every single morning.
- To give you an example, my band is a psychedelic gospel funk group.
- But your core at the end of the day is going to have that that gospel spiritual feel on it.
- You will hear about the rhythm of prose and about the rhythm of gospel.
- Sometime I just sit, try to clear my thoughts, I'll pray I'll I'll listen to my gospel music and all the things right.
- And it's like, I've also been making like a lot of like gospel music, like to, to like God and, and like, like my spiritual side.
- And his gospel music, I don't know what the impulse behind that is.
Examples
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When students participate in gospel choir, they experience another culture firsthand.
Academic text (2003) -
Take the challenge, even if you begin by teaching just one gospel song to your already established choir.
Academic text (2003) -
I have gospel music playing every single morning.
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These people would like gospel music.
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And we will be doing only gospel music from now on.
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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Americans heard gospel music on radio and television.
Academic text (2003) -
Where you have gospel, you have what sounds like hymns.
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But he learned to sing gospel music in San Quentin.
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I believe I am so moved by a good gospel song partly because it tends to be experiential.
Academic text (2011) -
He's a very, very well-respected gospel singer in New York.
Synonyms
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A religious song from the American South often sung with strong feeling
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8.6
A religious song made by Black people in the southern United States during slavery
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3.1
Vocal music from Black church services with strong feeling and call and response
Compounds
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5.8
The fourth and last book in the New Testament that tells about the life and what Jesus taught
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The first book in the Christian Bible that tells Jesus' life and teachings, including the Sermon on the Mount
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4.6
One of the four books of the Bible that tells about the life, early years, and teachings of Jesus
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3.1
Vocal music from Black church services with strong feeling and call and response
The first New Testament book that tells the story of Jesus's life and teachings, including the Sermon on the Mount
The fourth book of the New Testament that tells about the life and teachings of Jesus
A book in the Christian Bible that tells Jesus's life and teachings, especially his birth and early years
How Religious
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gospel comes from old English parts god (then meaning 'good') and spel ('news' or 'story'), so it originally meant 'good news'. Church songs that told this 'good news' were called gospel, and the strong, call-and-response style of those songs became known as gospel music.