- canticle
[canticle 词源字典]
- canticle: see chant
[canticle etymology, canticle origin, 英语词源] - canticle (n.)
- "short hymn," early 13c., from Latin canticulum "a little song," diminutive of canticum "song" (also a scene in Roman comedy enacted by one person and accompanied by music and dancing), from cantus (see chant (v.)).