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sacred harp

sacred harp noun: a genre of Christian music based on shape-note singing.

Noun (1)

sacred harp (uncountable)

  1. A genre of Christian music based on shape-note singing.

Noun (2) capitalized: Sacred Harp

Sacred Harp (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of sacred harp.

Forms of sacred harp

alternative formSacred Harp

Origin of sacred harp

From the name of a songbook first published in 1844, The Sacred Harp.

Questions about sacred harp

What does sacred harp mean?
Sacred harp means a genre of Christian music based on shape-note singing.
What part of speech is sacred harp?
Sacred harp is a noun.

Words near sacred harp in the dictionary

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  6. sacred harp
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sacred harp (page history and authors); Sacred Harp (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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