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Recent Examples of canticle That’s the opening line of Slipknot’s rage-rot canticle. Spin Contributor, SPIN, 12 Feb. 2025 Her vocal elevates the song far beyond even its folk roots to something far more traditional, a canticle, a spiritual. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 Her vocal elevates the song far beyond even its folk roots to something far more traditional, a canticle, a spiritual. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 That’s the opening line of Slipknot’s rage-rot canticle. Spin Contributor, SPIN, 12 Feb. 2025 The leaders of this communal canticle were the women of Boygenius — Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2023 The first was Bach’s glorious 12-part canticle, premiered in 1723 as the conclusion of the Christmas Vespers in Leipzig as a sort of meet-your-new-cantor demonstration of his powers. Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021 For many students of Dante, Purgatory is the Divine Comedy’s central canticle poetically, philosophically, and psychologically. Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021 Ancestor Glade is home to a rare canticle tree, the bark of which attracts a whisper of moths to aid you in deciphering an ancient Elder Scroll. Cian Maheer, Washington Post, 4 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canticle
Noun
  • The Vatican released a book of celebration on its website for the event, containing prayers and hymns.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Also on the schedule for the Wednesday night event were hymns from the Marine Corps Band and singer Charles Billingsley was to perform Christian opera, as Fox News Digital previously reported.
    Ashley J. DiMella Fox News, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Wilson began the performance by playing the song’s familiar melody on his guitar before wrapping the anthem in baritone vocal notes.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The California desert anthem builds with acoustic guitar and a grooving bass line as Bergman reminisces about unrequited love and yearning.
    Taylor Mims, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The funeral of Pope Francis began with a short musical chant and psalm spoken in Latin after an open Book of the Gospels had been placed on top of Pope Francis’ closed coffin carried by pallbearers from inside St. Peter’s and placed on a red carpet on the edge of the church steps.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The faithful will recite several religious verses, including psalm 22, ‘The Lord is my Shepherd,’ during the service.
    Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Canticle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canticle. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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