"church giggles" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2010, Sarah Ferguson, What I Know Now: Simple Lessons Learned the Hard Way:",
          "text": "But I couldn't help myself Something struck me as awfully funny that day—the hushed reverence, my starched white dress, I cannot say for sure. My church giggles grew louder and louder, and the more I tried to tame them, the worse they got, until the Church of England must have had doubts about my prospects for salvation.",
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          "text": "My Jews lost control of their church giggles and started busting out laughing to the point of losing oxygen. I'm glad they weren't wearing a skirt like I was because I didn't want to witness any pee trickles that were happening.",
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          "ref": "2013, Paula Young Lee, Deer Hunting in Paris: A Memoir of God, Guns, and Game Meat:",
          "text": "Choir music can also make you burst into the church giggles, which strike when the minister quotes a verse of scripture that's accidentally funny, like the one about the talking mule, or pretty much anything from Zechariah, 5.1–2: [...]",
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          "text": "Rusty, LaClaire and I had many memories growing up in this church, not the least of which was getting the church giggles more times than we could count.",
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