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Hymns of praise
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canticles
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The five Canticles constitute a series of five musical works by composer Benjamin Britten . The pieces were written at various points in his career, with three of them written as memorials. Instrumentation differs on each piece, and several are based on ...
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Canticle \Can"ti*cle\, n.; pl. Canticles . [L. canticulum a little song, dim. of canticum song, fr. cantus a singing, fr. coner to sing. See Chant .] A song; esp. a little song or hymn. [Obs.] --Bacon. pl. The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the ...
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n. (plural of canticle English)
Usage examples of canticles.
I began to write my own canticles, simple poetry which I made up, using much rhythm, and to sing these songs at informal gatherings.
I wanted to be in Santa Maria del Fiori in Florence listening to the canticles or the High Mass.
And agreeable unto the Greek expression37 concerning Christ in the Canticles,38 looking through the nets, which ours hath rendered, "he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattesse.
How greatly did I weep in Thy hymns and canticles, deeply moved by the voices of Thy sweet-speaking Church!