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Definition of Canticle
1. Noun. A hymn derived from the Bible.
Definition of Canticle
1. n. A song; esp. a little song or hymn.
Definition of Canticle
1. Noun. a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Canticle
1. a hymn [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canticle
Literary usage of Canticle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It uses only a portion of the long canticle in Daniel, and condenses, expands,
... In the Breviary the canticle begins with verse 57, and ends with verse 56 ..."
2. The Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi by Francis (1906)
"The canticle appears to have been composed toward the close of the year 1225 in
a poor little ... Mr. Arnold's translation of the canticle is well known. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"Bona distinguishes between four sorts of sacred song: (1) canticle (Canticum)
which is sung by the voice alone ; (2) Psalm (Psalmus), which is sung by the ..."
4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Sir William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"He goes on to give as a reason why the book of ¡'»alms is so called rather than
the book of canticle», that a canticle may be without a psalm, ..."
5. Special Introduction to the Study of the Old Testament by Francis Ernest Gigot (1906)
"1 In the ordinary printed editions of the Hebrew Text the canticle of canticles is
... The canticle of canticles is read at the Passover. 1 Exodus xxvi, 33. ..."
6. The Messages of the Poets: The Books of Job and Canticles and Some Minor by Nathaniel Schmidt (1911)
"XX THE NINETEENTH canticle (Chaf. 8 :13-14) ' 1. The Translation He: Thou that
in the garden dwell'st, The lover's Friends are waiting for thy voice, ..."
7. The Hymns and Songs of the Church by George Wither (1856)
"THE EIGHTH canticle. i EREIN is contained a ... and of that ardent affection
expressed by her Beloved in the fifth canticle; yet it is no unnecessary ..."
8. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"THE canticle OF THE SUN [The title is ' Incipiunt Laudes Creaturarum quas fecit
Franciscus ad ... It is sometimes called the 'canticle of the Creatures. ..."
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