MEANING
A sacred song or chant, often with a biblical text used in Christian worship.
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Words that belong together
- sing a canticle
- a biblical canticle
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A canticle rose from the chapel before dawn.
The old book preserved the words of the canticle but not its tune.
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- Base
- canticle
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular canticle; plural canticles. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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