Associations to the word «Canticle»

Wiktionary

CANTICLE, noun. A chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
CANTICLE OF CANTICLES, proper noun. (biblical) The Song of Solomon.

Dictionary definition

CANTICLE, noun. A hymn derived from the Bible.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne