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canticle

/kan-ti-kuhl/US // ˈkæn tɪ kəl //UK // (ˈkæntɪkəl) //

颂歌,颂词,咒语,颂扬

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one of the nonmetrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
    • : a song, poem, or hymn especially of praise.

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Examples

  • In perpetual canticle of love it finds resemblances of the Divine Object of its devotion throughout all nature.

  • My tears are falling on this page, but my higher and truer self is singing a canticle of praise and wonderful joy.

  • On the conclusion of the canticle, the coffin was raised from the bier and the door of the court was opened.

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

  • But Gissing wondered, for a little later he heard a cheerful canticle upraised in the open fields.