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Dictionary entry overview: What does canticle mean?

• CANTICLE (noun)
The noun CANTICLE has 1 sense:

1. a hymn derived from the Bible

Familiarity information: CANTICLE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CANTICLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A hymn derived from the Bible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("canticle" is a kind of...):

anthem; hymn (a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation))

Instance hyponyms:

Magnificat ((Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning 'Magnificat anima mea Dominum'))

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