canticle
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- noun
- /ˈkæn.tɪ.kəl/
- Formal
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cántico
- If you're going to say anything, it better be a biblical canticle or even better, a Psalm.
- hymns and canticles
- singing a canticle
Examples
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His love is like his music, she thought -- low, soft hymns, bright anthems, canticles, and cradle songs.
Fiction book (1992) -
In church, the choir beautifully sang a canticle that praised God's love and mercy.
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This is anyway, we begin the third canticle which is called paradise.
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That each canticle will end with that same word, stellar.
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I heard in the air a solemn canticle: trumpets
Academic text (2007) -
And the sea, like me, stood still during those fourteen minutes, and when it heard the canticle, it awoke and rolled away.
Academic text (2007) -
He cursed violently and asked Aunty to accompany him in singing a canticle.
Fiction book (1991) -
His had always been an archaizing verse at best, and now, with the advent of Maria Spina, it kept breaking out unexpectedly in canticles and lauds.
Fiction book (1998) -
A group of Hindus are celebrating a puja, the women singing canticles at the top of their lungs; the men tossing a little boy happily back and forth as the panic-stricken Hasari rushes up.
Fiction book (1992) -
During the service, the congregation joined in the canticle, expressing their gratitude through song.
Synonyms
A song or chant sung by a group, often during a ceremony
Compounds
How Religious
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word canticle comes from the Latin root can- meaning 'to sing', and you can see the same idea in the familiar word chant. So a canticle is a 'song' or hymn, often a Bible passage sung in church services.