Definitions for Canticles

Canticles can·ti·cle

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

Canticles is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 628 anagrams from letters in Canticles (acceilnst).

Definitions for Canticles

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 Canticles

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

Examples for Canticles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for Canticles
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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