What does "sperichil" mean?

Alternative spelling of spiritual (“African-American Christian religious song”)

What is a synonym for "sperichil"?

Common synonyms include: incorporeal, negro spiritual, religious, unworldly, affective, airy.

Sperichil

noun

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Noun

1
Alternative spelling of spiritual (“African-American Christian religious song”) alt-of, alternative, archaic, rare
"[…]all stand up in the middle of the floor, and when the "sperichil" is struck up, begin first walking and by-and-by shuffling round, one after the other, in a ring."

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incorporeal negro spiritual religious unworldly affective airy

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"[…]all stand up in the middle of the floor, and when the "sperichil" is struck up, begin first walking and by-and-by shuffling round, one after the other, in a ring."

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