"canticle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæntɪkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canticle.wav Forms: canticles [plural]
Etymology: From Latin canticulum, diminutive of cantus (“song”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|canticulum}} Latin canticulum Head templates: {{en-noun}} canticle (plural canticles)
  1. A chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text. Translations (a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text): càntic [masculine] (Catalan), 聖歌 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣歌 (shènggē) (Chinese Mandarin), kantiko (Esperanto), cantique [masculine] (French), Canticum [masculine] (German), Cantica [feminine, plural] (German), Kirchenlied [neuter] (German), caintic [feminine] (Irish), cantico [masculine] (Italian), kantyk [masculine] (Polish), cântico [masculine] (Portuguese), кант (kant) [masculine] (Russian), ка́нтика (kántika) [feminine] (Russian), церко́вный гимн (cerkóvnyj gimn) [masculine] (Russian), cántico [masculine] (Spanish)

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