APMa short religious song usually using words from the Bible 〔歌词一般取自《圣经》的〕赞美诗，圣歌
Examples from the Corpus
canticle• Settings of the Holy Communion and of canticles are rarely used, however, and the emphasis remains firmly congregational.• The most dominant structural factor in the work is that much of it is cast in the form of canticles.
Origincanticle
(1200-1300)Latincanticulum, from canticum“song”, from canere; → CHANT1