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Canticle   Listen
noun
Canticle  n.  (pl. canticles)  
1.
A song; esp. a little song or hymn. (Obs.)
2.
pl. The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament.
3.
A canto or division of a poem (Obs.)
4.
A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service.





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"Canticle" Quotes from Famous Books



... old canticle is it you say, hostler?' inquired the milkman, lifting his ear. 'Let's have it again—a good saying well spit out is a Christmas fire to my withered heart. More ...
— The Hand of Ethelberta • Thomas Hardy
... consideration of all the heathen they had slain. When this superb fraternity was obliged to yield to courage as great as theirs, faith as sincere, and to robbers even more dexterous and audacious than the noblest knight who ever sang a canticle to the Virgin, these halls were filled by magnificent Pashas and Agas, who lived here in the intervals of war, and having conquered its best champions, despised Christendom and chivalry pretty much as an Englishman despises a Frenchman. Now the famous house is let to a shabby merchant, ...
— Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo • William Makepeace Thackeray
... arable land, campaign. campo country, field. canas f. pl. gray hair. canalla f. rabble, m. rogue. cancer m. cancer. cancion f. song. candil m. hanging kitchen lamp. cansar to weary. cantar to sing. cantico canticle, hymn. cantidad f. quantity, number. canto singing, song. cana cane, reed. canada dale, glen. canon m. tube, cannon, barrel. canuto tube. caos chaos. capa cloak. capaz capable. capellan chaplain. capilla chapel. capital ...
— Novelas Cortas • Pedro Antonio de Alarcon
... the tune. Trembling with excitement the reader began the Evening Prayer, and when he uttered the words, "O Lord, open Thou our lips," there came from a hundred manly voices the significant response, "And our mouth shall show forth Thy praise." So it continued throughout. Canticle and creed, prayer and hymn, were all known to these presumably heathen people. At the conclusion of the service the secret was discovered. Three of their boys had been taught at Paihia. Here was the first fruit of the ...
— A History of the English Church in New Zealand • Henry Thomas Purchas


Words linked to "Canticle" :   Canticle of Canticles, Magnificat, hymn, anthem, Canticle of Simeon


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