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canticle

[ kan-ti-kuhl ]

noun

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


canticle

/ ˈ°ìæ²Ô³Ùɪ°ìÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. a nonmetrical hymn, derived from the Bible and used in the liturgy of certain Christian churches
  2. a song, poem, or hymn, esp one that is religious in character
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of canticle1

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

Origin of canticle1

C13: from Latin canticulum, diminutive of canticus a song, from canere to sing
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These tiny brown natives with a spring canticle that’s been described as a “pinnacle of song complexity†hold their tail upright and shake with sound when they sing.

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On Saturday afternoon Ben rounded the corner of River Street and heard Toomer’s voice calling out in a wailing summer canticle to the last shoppers of the day.

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Christina Rossetti fears that her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, is being stalked by a killer whose murders make reference to the Purgatory canticle of Dante’s “Divine Comedy.â€

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On February 8th 1996 in Davos, Switzerland, he wrote his most famous and controversial canticle: “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace.â€

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Compline is a simple service, including a confession of sins, one or more psalms, a short reading from scripture, versicles and responses, the Lord’s Prayer, and the canticle Nunc Dimittis.

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