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canticles
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 books of the Old Testament.
A canto or division of a poem [Obs.]
--Spenser.A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of canticle English)
Wikipedia
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 non-sacred texts. A review in Opera Today notes, "Britten didn't draw upon the Scriptures for the texts of his canticles, which resemble cantatas more than church hymns in scale and structure, but an intense religious spirit pervades them all." Critic Peter Evans notes the works contain a "mood of spiritual elevation intense enough to demand realization in an ambitious musical structure."
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!