canticum
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Origin of canticum
< Latin, equivalent to cant ( us ) song ( see canto, chant) + -icum noun suffix; cf. -ic
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As the King approached they set loose a great number of small birds, which fluttered about while the 'prophets' sung 'Cantate Domino canticum novum'—'Sing unto the Lord a new song.'
From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
The same monarch replied to his kingly captor, who sought to rouse him from dejection, on another occasion—"Quomodo cantabimus canticum in terra aliena!"
From Windsor Castle by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Iambic senarii were spoken; other metres were sung; but the scenes in septenarii stood midway between the dialogue and the canticum.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
We are now fairly well informed of the tripartite diversion of the dialogue into canticum or song proper, recitative, and diverbium or spoken utterance104, with the incidental accompaniment of the tibia.
From The Dramatic Values in Plautus by Blancké, Wilton Wallace
The comparison is the more apt, as about two-thirds of the illustrative scenes referred to in the next paragraph are in canticum.
From The Dramatic Values in Plautus by Blancké, Wilton Wallace
In the treatment of the Inferno he strove to delineate the whole geography of Dante's first cantica, tracing the successive circles and introducing the various episodes commemorated by the poet.
From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington
The first step was the separation of the cantica from the diverbia.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
Roman drama ran down to pantomime with explanatory recitation, that is, cantica.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
There the lads are singing Selecta cantica: There are glasses ringing In villae curia; Oh, would that we were there!
From Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse by Symonds, John Addington
Some biblical narratives, legends of saints, and profane compositions from that time exist, which are probably cantica, to be accompanied by pantomime at fairs or in church porches.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
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