gospel music

noun

A type of Christian music genre that is a cornerstone of the Christian media that originated amongst African-Americans based on the folk music melodies with the addition of elements of spirituals and jazz.

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Meanings

noungospel music (usually uncountable, plural gospel musics)

plural gospel musics

  1. uncountableusuallyentertainmentA type of Christian music genre that is a cornerstone of the Christian media that originated amongst African-Americans based on the folk music melodies with the addition of elements of spirituals and jazz.

Translations

Catalan gòspel
  • gòspeltype of music
Chinese Cantonese 福音音樂 /福音音乐
  • 福音音樂 /福音音乐 (fuk¹ jam¹ jam¹ ngok⁶)type of music
Chinese Mandarin 福音音樂 /福音音乐
  • 福音音樂 /福音音乐 (fúyīn yīnyuè)type of music
Dutch gospel, gospelmuziek
  • gospeltype of music
  • gospelmuziektype of music
Esperanto gospelmuziko, gospelo
  • gospelmuzikotype of music
  • gospelotype of music
Finnish gospel, gospel-musiikki
  • gospeltype of music
  • gospel-musiikkitype of music
  • gospelmusiikkitype of music
German Gospelmusik, Gospel
  • Gospelmusiktype of music
  • Gospeltype of music
Japanese ゴスペル
  • ゴスペル (gosuperu)type of music
Māori puoro rongopai
  • puoro rongopaitype of music
Polish gospel
  • gospeltype of music
Portuguese gospel
  • gospeltype of music
Russian го́спел
  • го́спел (góspɛl)type of music
Spanish góspel
  • góspeltype of music
Swedish gospel
  • gospeltype of music
Turkish gospel müziği
  • gospel müziğitype of music
Cite this entry
APA

gospel music. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gospel%20music

MLA

“gospel music.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gospel%20music. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gospel music,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gospel%20music.

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