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    canticle

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    can·ti·cle /ˈkæntɪkəl/ noun [countable]  APMa short religious song usually using words from the Bible 〔歌词一般取自《圣经》的〕赞美诗，圣歌
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    canticle• Settings of the Holy Communion and of canticles are rarely used, however, and the emphasis remains firmly congregational.• The most dominant structural factor in the work is that much of it is cast in the form of canticles.    Origin canticle (1200-1300) Latin canticulum, from canticum “song”, from canere; → CHANT1
    can·ti·cle nounChineseSyllable
    song words from usually a using short religious Corpus


    canticle
    can‧ti‧cle /ˈkæntɪkəl/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1200-1300
     Language: Latin
     Origin: canticulum, from canticum 'song', from canere; ⇨ chant1
    a short religious song usually using words from the Bible


    can·ticleBrE /ˈkæntɪkl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkæntɪkl/ 🔊 nouna religious song with words taken from the Bible 圣歌，颂歌，赞美诗（歌词取自《圣经》）