spiritual chants
Devotional sung prayers
Spiritual chants are repetitive vocal expressions used in religious or meditative practice.
The repetition—whether of words, phrases, or syllables—aims to focus the mind, invoke the sacred, or alter consciousness.
Examples range from Gregorian plainchant to Hindu mantras to Native American ceremonial songs.
The monks began their spiritual chants at dawn.
- call to prayerReligious worship summons
- hymnReligious song of praise
- meditationFocused attention practice
- deep breathingDeliberate slow inhalation practice
- litanyProlonged repetitive account
mantra · prayer · invocation · antiphon · om · call-and-response · gospel choir · spirituals · Buddhism · throat singing · repetition · psalm · plainchant · transcendence · inner peace · voices · chanting · devotional songs
spiritual chantspop music
Catchy, commercial song genre
drinking songs · work songs · sea shanties · club music · folk songs
spiritual chantsnoise
Unwanted auditory disturbance
cacophony · industrial noise · white noise · static · crowd noise