Canticles

can·ti·cle

 (kăn′tĭ-kəl)

n.

1. A song or chant, especially a nonmetrical hymn with words taken from a biblical text other than from the book of Psalms.

2. Canticles Bible The Song of Songs.

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[Middle English, from Latin canticulum, diminutive of cantus, song, from past participle of canere, to sing; see kan- in Indo-European roots.]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Canticles - an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later Canticle of Canticles, Song of Solomon, Song of Songs Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings - the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature - any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom

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