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When a Lesson is used for praise, its termination is a Canticle -- i.e. one of the Bible songs of praise (from the Latin _canticulum_, a little song, a sonnet).
The Prayer Book Explained Percival Jackson
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Although the word is derived from canticulum, (diminutive of canticum, a song, from the Latin canere, to sing), it is used in the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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