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canticles

noun

Definition of canticles

plural of canticle

as in hymns

a religious song the monks offered up a canticle at dawn on Easter morning

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Recent Examples of canticles Gustave Doré, the celebrated French illustrator, did elaborate engravings for the three canticles in the mid-19th century and devoted 99 out of 135 of them to Dante Alighieri’s darkest scenes. — Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026

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Noun

One of six children, Tyler grew up idolizing Tina Turner and Janis Joplin and singing hymns in the Anglican church her parents attended.

— Adela Suliman, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Many American poets have written hymns and howls, declarations and outcries for this country that brims with so many people, and so many hopes, from all over the world.

— Scott Simon, NPR, 4 July 2026

Definition of hymns

Noun

The World Cup doubles as a beauty pageant for each country’s fans, who strut around, sing their anthems, and try their best to look hot, happy, and, above all, passionate.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
Meanwhile, singing anthems at England national team matches is nothing new for English supporters.

— Amna Subhan, AJC.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of anthems

Noun

Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.

— Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
A little over a year ago, Paul Simon returned to the road following a seven-year hiatus to promote his new LP Seven Psalms.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026

Definition of psalms

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Paul drove into Wilkes-Barre from Princeton on Christmas Day after the chapel service and dropped his bags at a forlorn motor lodge on Public Square—Christmas carols dragging at slow speed on its sound system—and swung by my parents.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
That's4Entertainment's Christmas Con 2026 will take place at the New Jersey Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey, from December 11-13, and its halls will be decked to the gills with carols, tree lightings and sweet treats.

— Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026

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