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- noun Plural form of
canticle .
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This set of glosses is very important for the study of Old Mercian, because they are rather extensive; they occupy 213 pages of the _Oldest English Texts_, and are followed by 20 more pages of similar glosses to certain Latin canticles and hymns that occur in the same MS.
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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Besides fragments called "canticles" scattered here and there throughout the historical books [e.g. that of Jacob,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Some of you, or those to come after you, will be mendicants and wanderers, teaching the chronicles of Earth and the canticles of the Crucified to the peoples and the cultures that may grow out of the colony groups.
MIND MELD: Books We Love That Everyone Else Hates (and Vice Versa) 2010
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The joyous Alleluia has long since been hushed in her canticles; she is now going to suppress another expression, which seems too glad for a time line the present.
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There is a melancholy in the modern world which looks with nostalgia to the days when magic ruled the world, and sunrise was a time of aubade, dusk a time for the canticles of evensong, when the elfin ships can be glimpsed by those with second sight against the fiery clouds, setting sail away from the mortal shores for worlds beyond the sunset, beyond the seas we know.
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May our canteens be festooned with canticles, our shoeshops filled with catalectic feet.
People of Britain, it's time to carve a few lines of poetry into your wheelbarrow 2011
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They were canticles, chanted Bible verse, and he was certain all the voices were the same.
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Additional features include the order of service for Benediction, Gospel canticles, litanies, and Alleluias for both forms.
Re-Enchanting the Parish Mass: Basic Textual Projects and Resources for the Reform of the Reform 2009
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First published in 1314, this epic poem is the first song in Dante Alighieris three-part Divine Comedy; subsequent canticles describe Purgatory and Paradise.
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Early in the morning, when gloomy canticles rejoice in the sound of the quietness,
Paris Journal: A Visit to Messiaen’s Church - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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