spirituals in English

noun
1
a religious song of a kind associated with black Christians of the southern US, and thought to derive from the combination of European hymns and African musical elements by black slaves.
The Cwmbach Male Voice Choir entertained with a traditional repertoire of Welsh hymns, spirituals and songs from opera and the shows.
noun
    negro spiritual

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1. She used spirituals as coded messages, warning fellow travelers of danger or to signal a clear path.

2. The Choir’s repertoire consists of African American spirituals, hymns, and contemporary Gospel music, and it sings at the 12:30 p.m

3. From the Cambridge English Corpus In addition to these 'rhythmic spirituals', hard-driving rhythms were also found in a style of gospel singing and Clapping …

4. In 1963 Timmons' playing, with Lewis Powers on bass and Ron McCurdy on drums, was described by a Washington Post reviewer as "flexible and adventuresome Glossing over everything is an undeniable sheen of church music and spirituals."

5. The female superior in spirituals and temporals of a community of twelve or more nuns. With a few necessary exceptions, the position of an Abbess in her convent corresponds generally with that of an Abbot in his monastery.

6. Abbess, the female superior in spirituals and temporals of a community of twelve or more nuns.With a few necessary exceptions, the position of an Abbess in her convent corresponds generally with that of an Abbot in his monastery