CANTICLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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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