canticle

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This canticle is known as the canticle of joyous hope, hence its use at funerals at the moment of interment, when words of thanksgiving for the Redemption are specially in place as an expression of Christian hope" (_Catholic Encyclopedia_, art.

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  1. noun A song or chant, especially a nonmetrical hymn with words taken from a biblical text other than from the Book of Psalms.
  2. noun Bible The Song of Songs.

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  • When the canticle was finished, he placed his arms one over the other in the form of a cross,—a saving sign, to which he had been always devoted, as St. Bonaventure remarks—and stretching them over his brethren who stood around him, he gave his blessing for the last time, as well to those who were present, as to those who were absent, in the name and by virtue of Jesus crucified. —  The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
  • It characterizes the Christian chant or canticle, as a higher thing than a Greek ode, melos, or hymnos, or than a Latin carmen Think of it; for this again is wonderful! —  On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature
  • The borrowed portion ends with verse 3 of the canticle, the remainder of which follows in a version for the most part independent, though containing here and there a line from Azarias_. —  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
  • The tone of the canticle is unmistakeably joyful, and the 1549 rubric disappeared in 1552, leaving Benedicite as a simple alternative to the Te Deum_, at any time according to the taste of the officiant. —  The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study
  • When the canticle was sung and I was slipping into the sacristy, he was beside me. —  Frontier Stories
 

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  1. Middle English, from Latin canticulum, diminutive of cantus, song, from past participle of canere, to sing; see kan- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English canticle, from Latin canticulum, diminutive of canticum (later also Anglo-Saxon cantic), a song, from cantus, a singing, from canere, sing: see cant, chant.
 

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/ˈkæntɪkl/
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