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CANTICLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hymn derived from the Bible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("canticle" is a kind of...):
anthem; hymn (a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation))
Instance hyponyms:
Magnificat ((Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning 'Magnificat anima mea Dominum'))
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