spirituals

/S P IH1 R IH0 CH AH0 W AH0 L Z/
noun
  1. 1

    A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.

  2. 2

    Any spiritual function, office, or affair.

    โ€œHe assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. โ€” Lowell.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spiritual, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spirituals