canticles

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of canticle
name
  1. Synonym of Song of Songs, a canonical book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament.

Word forms

canticles

Etymology

A clipping of Canticle of Canticles, a calque of Latin Canticum Canticorum (“Song of Songs”).

Synonyms

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