Song, Religious

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• Religious Song —     Religious Song     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Song     (Sacred Song)     Religious song is the general designation given to the numerous poetical and musical creations which have come into existence in the course of time and are used …   Catholic encyclopedia

• SONG OF SONGS — (Heb. שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים), the book of the Hebrew Bible which normally follows Job in the Hagiographa and precedes the Book of Ruth. It thus stands first among the Five Scrolls. In Protestant and Roman Catholic Bibles, the book follows Proverbs… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Religious music — (also sacred music) is music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence.A lot of music has been composed to complement religion, and many composers have derived some inspiration from their religions. Many forms of… …   Wikipedia

• Song Xu — (zh cpw|c=宋旭|p=Sòng Xù|w=Sung Hsü, b. 1525), was a Chinese landscape painter. His courtesy name was Chuyang (初炀) and pen name was Shimen (石门, “Stone Gate”). Song eventually became a Buddhist priest and adopted various religious names. He was… …   Wikipedia

• Song Dynasty — This article is about the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties. For the Southern Dynasty, see Liu Song Dynasty. Song 宋 ← …   Wikipedia

• song — songlike, adj. /sawng, song/, n. 1. a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, esp. one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad. 2. a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung: Mendelssohn s Songs without… …   Universalium

• Song — /sawng/, n. Pinyin. 1. Ailing /uy ling /. See Soong, Ai ling. 2. Qingling /ching ling /. See Soong, Ching ling. 3. Meiling /may ling /. See Soong, Mei ling. 4. Ziwen …   Universalium

• Religious violence in Orissa — Indian state of Orissa Religious violence in Orissa refers to civil unrest and riots in the remote forest region surrounding Kandhamal in the Indian state of Orissa. Parts of Kandhamal are tribal reservations where only tribal people can own land …   Wikipedia

• Religious Jewish music — This article is about the sacred and religious music of Judaism from Biblical to Modern times. For the main article on Jewish music, see Jewish music. This article describes the principal types of religious Jewish music from the days of the… …   Wikipedia

• song — noun 1 piece of music with words ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, good, great ▪ catchy (informal), memorable ▪ classic, famous …   Collocations dictionary