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Definition of Song of solomon

1. Noun. An Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later.

Definition of Song of solomon

1. Proper noun. (biblical) The twenty-second book of the Old Testament and the Bible, also known as the Canticle of Canticles and the Song of Songs. ¹

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Literary usage of Song of solomon

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1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... in the middle section of the Song of Solomon, gives herself willingly to the king, and no reason is apparent in the text why her boundless praise should ..."

2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"The Song of Solomon in blank Verse ; also Part of P*ahn xi,v. the Song of Moses, ... A Dissertation on the Song of Solomon, with the original Text divided ..."

3. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1834)
"A metrical Paraphrase of the Song of Solomon by G. Sandys. Oxford, 1641. ... The Song of Solomon (and the Book of Jonah) in Metre by TS Lond. 1676. 4to. ..."

4. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"A metrical Paraphrase of the Song of Solomon by G. Sandys. ... A Dissertation on the Song of Solomon, with the original Text divided according to the Metre, ..."

5. Catalogue of the Hebrew Books in the Library of the British Museum by Joseph Zedner (1894)
"Song of Solomon. Cantique des Cantiques ... et traité d'Aboth . . . traduits par M. Venture. ... 23. Königsberg, 1845. 8°. 1906. а. 19. Song of Solomon. за ..."

6. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"a In addition to this evidence, the following considerations will authorise us to infer, that the Song of Solomon was, from the most . early period, ..."

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