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singspiration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɪŋ.spəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Blend of sing + inspiration.

Meanings

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:
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • 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) (dissertation), page 50:

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