praise and worship
Devotional singing together
Praise and worship is a style of contemporary Christian music and the church services built around it.
The phrase pairs two near-synonyms to suggest both celebration and reverence—praise being more exuberant, worship more devotional.
Services feature extended musical sets with lyrics projected on screens, emotional engagement, and raised hands: The praise and worship went on for forty minutes before the sermon.
- crossPass from side to side
- clappingRhythmic palm strikes
- singingVocal music-making
- standingPosition, physical or social
- joyIntense positive emotion
spirit filled · contemporary Christian · dancing · Sunday service · hands · voices · prayer · prayer meeting · awe · reverence · kneeling · incense burning · humility · devotion · rosary · surrender · icons · altar
- Christian MusicMercyMe, CCM, contemporary Christian, Avalon, Christian radio
- gospel musicgospel hymns, gospel quartet, mass choir, gospel choir, congregational singing
- worship musichymn, hymns, gospel song, church music, psalm
- Worship SongsAmazing Grace, Old Rugged Cross, hymn, Cornerstone, King of Kings
- Christian educationSunday school, Sunday schools, Bible stories, Bible college, Christian school
- sacred musichymns, hymn, anthem, anthems, gospel
praise and worshipblasphemy
Irreverence toward the sacred
cursing God · sacrilege · profanity · devil worship · Satanism
praise and worshiplamentation
Passionate expression of grief
cursing · complaint · mourning · dark night of the soul · wailing
praise and worshiphymns
Religious songs of worship
Gregorian chant · requiem mass · plainchant · organ music · dirges
praise, worship, praises, praised, praising, praiser, praisers, praiseworthy, praiseworthiness