Canticles

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Canticle \Can"ti*cle\, n.; pl. {Canticles}. [L. canticulum a
     little song, dim. of canticum song, fr. cantus a singing, fr.
     coner to sing. See {Chant}.]
     1. A song; esp. a little song or hymn. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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     2. pl. The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books
        of the Old Testament.
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     3. A canto or division of a poem [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     4. A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for
        chanting in church service.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Canticles
       n : an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love
           poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually
           written much later [syn: {Song of Songs}, {Song of
           Solomon}, {Canticle of Canticles}]