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can·ti·cle    Audio Help   (kān'tĭ-kəl)  Pronunciation Key  n.   A song or chant, especially a nonmetrical hymn with words taken from a biblical text other than from the Book of Psalms. Canticles Bible The Song of Songs. [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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canticles

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an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later [syn: Song of Songs]

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