canticles

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canticles Meaning of "canticles"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later

Synonym(s)

song of solomon, song of songs

Usage(s):

  1. La Commedia is composed of three colossal canticles: I'lnferno, il Purgatorio, il Paradiso.
  2. Surrounding this and other subplots are a series of stunning poems, or canticles, which the church later gave Latin names like the Magnificat and the Benedictus.
  3. With what remained of breath He led his friars in canticles.
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