Definitions for canticle

canticle can·ti·cle

Spelling: [kan-ti-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈkæn tɪ kəl/

Canticle is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 300 anagrams from letters in canticle (acceilnt).

Definitions for canticle

noun

  1. one of the nonmetrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
  2. a song, poem, or hymn especially of praise.

Origin of canticle

1175-1225; Middle English (Old French) Latin canticulum, equivalent to cantic(um) song (see canticum) + -ulum -ule<

Examples for canticle

She took up the canticle again, went down the roof, and entered the water.

But a litany before the air and a canticle after the air are not the same thing.

Still more striking is the eulogy in his "canticle of the Shining Ones."

See the reference to the sources after the canticle of the Sun.

It hath been promoted in some constructions from a passage in the canticle,Can.

Afterwards came the canticle: "In thy help, Virgin, do I put my trust."

For the first time a German painter sings the canticle of labour.

Then, in a slow and monotonous voice, he recited the canticle.

When the canticle was sung and I was slipping into the sacristy, he was beside me.

The organ rolled diffusing the flutelike notes of a canticle of joy.

Word Value for canticle
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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