canticles
- n an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later
- n a hymn derived from the Bible
- While discarding a number of sentimental Victorian horrors, the hymnal ecumenically includes several Roman Catholic canticles based on plain chant, along with hymns borrowed from .
- 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.
- La Commedia is composed of three colossal canticles: I'lnferno, il Purgatorio, il Paradiso.