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A chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a hymn derived from the Bible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hymn, anthem
Narrower terms: Magnificat
From Latin canticulum, diminutive of cantus (“song”).
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
càntic
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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Chinese Mandarin:
聖歌 /圣歌
(shènggē)
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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Esperanto:
kantiko
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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French:
cantique
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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German:
Canticum
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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German:
Cantica
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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German:
Kirchenlied
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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Hungarian:
kantikum
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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Irish:
caintic
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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Italian:
cantico
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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Polish:
kantyk
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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Portuguese:
cântico
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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Russian:
кант
(kant)
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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Russian:
ка́нтика
(kántika)
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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Russian:
церко́вный гимн
(cerkóvnyj gimn)
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
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Spanish:
cántico
— a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text
