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canticle

[ kan-ti-kuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

one of the nonmetrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
a song, poem, or hymn especially of praise.

canticle

/ ˈkæntɪkəl /

a nonmetrical hymn, derived from the Bible and used in the liturgy of certain Christian churches
a song, poem, or hymn, esp one that is religious in character

1175–1225; Middle English (< Old French ) < Latin canticulum, equivalent to cantic ( um ) song ( canticum ) + -ulum -ule

C13: from Latin canticulum, diminutive of canticus a song, from canere to sing

In perpetual canticle of love it finds resemblances of the Divine Object of its devotion throughout all nature.

My tears are falling on this page, but my higher and truer self is singing a canticle of praise and wonderful joy.

On the conclusion of the canticle, the coffin was raised from the bier and the door of the court was opened.

But a litany before the air and a canticle after the air are not the same thing.

But Gissing wondered, for a little later he heard a cheerful canticle upraised in the open fields.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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