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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Canticle of Canticles
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- proper noun Abbreviation of
Canticles . - proper noun Abbreviation of
Canticle of Canticles .
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The stone spoken of in Cant., v, 14, and called hyacinthus in the Vulgate is the Hebrew hrshysh, which has been shown above to be the chrysolite.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Because of its luxuriant growth and length of life it is an emblem of prosperity (Ps. xci, 13), and because of its stateliness it is a figure of beauty and majesty (Cant., v, 15; Ecclus.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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God” (“longe sunt a civitate dei,” Cassiod., in Cant., vii. 11; cp.
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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