Meaning

1 senses
  1. A chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text.

    Canticum, Cantica, Kirchenlied

    кантkant, ка́нтикаkántika, церко́вный гимнcerkóvnyj gimn

More definitions
  • a hymn derived from the Bible

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The words of this canticle were printed on a canvas sheet upon the wall, and the method of inculcation was somewhat peculiar.

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Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text:

Origin

From Latin canticulum, diminutive of cantus (“song”).

From Latin canticulum, diminutive of cantus (“song”).

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Forms

plural: canticles
Singularcanticle
Pluralcanticles

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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