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singspiration

/ˌsɪŋ.spəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

singspiration noun: a worship service, or sometimes a part of a service or any other church activity, involving the singing of hymns.

Noun

singspiration (plural singspirations)

  1. A worship service, or sometimes a part of a service or any other church activity, involving the singing of hymns.
    • Very early in the camp life a Young People's Church Committee was organized, and it in turn sponsored Friday night singspirations. Kenzo Yoshida was the chairman of the committee and Gladys Onoye was the pianist […]1979, Lester E. Suzuki, Ministry in the assembly and relocation centers of World War II, page 87
    • Singspirations were group singing of gospel choruses: "Hallelu, hallelu, hallelu, hallelujah! Praise ye the Lord!"1994, Jane Piirto, A Location in the Upper Peninsula: Essays, Poems, Stories, page 8

Examples of singspiration in a sentence

  • American youth collections, such as Youth Favorites, supplied the English songs for youth fellowship singspiration time of some churches.2006, Myrleene Grace Chiew Yap, The Development of Congregational Song Among Chinese Churches in the Philippines (1903–2003)...
  • Another intern was Chris Conway from Converse, Indiana, who worked with the youth choir and helped with the younger children so they could sing special songs for singspirations.2012, Madonna Burget Spratt, Eleanor Daniel, Who Am I, page 300:

Forms of singspiration

pluralsingspirations

Origin of singspiration

Blend of sing + inspiration.

Questions about singspiration

What does singspiration mean?
Singspiration means a worship service, or sometimes a part of a service or any other church activity, involving the singing of hymns.
How do you use singspiration in a sentence?
American youth collections, such as Youth Favorites, supplied the English songs for youth fellowship singspiration time of some churches.
What part of speech is singspiration?
Singspiration is a noun.
How do you pronounce singspiration?
Singspiration is pronounced /ˌsɪŋ.spəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/.
What is the plural of singspiration?
The plural of singspiration is singspirations.

Words near singspiration in the dictionary

  1. singsongs
  2. singsongy
  3. Singsons
  4. singspiel
  5. singspiels
  6. singspiration
  7. singspirations
  8. singster
  9. singsters
  10. Sington
  11. Singtons

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