canticles

1. 1.

   an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later

   SynonymsSong of SongsSong of SolomonCanticle of Canticles

   Broaderbook

   Part ofHagiographasapiential bookOld Testament

Other forms of canticles

plural

canticleses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about canticles

What does canticles mean?

canticles means "an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later".

How many syllables are in canticles?

canticles has 2 syllables: canti-cles. The stress falls on "canti".

What is another word for canticles?

Close synonyms include Song of Songs, Song of Solomon, Canticle of Canticles. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is canticles a common word?

canticles is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.