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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Canticle \Can"ti*cle\, noun; pl. {Canticles}. [L. canticulum a little song, dim. of canticum song, fr. cantus a singing, fr. coner to sing. See {Chant}.]
1. A song; esp. a little song or hymn. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. pl. The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament.
3. A canto or division of a poem [Obs.] --Spenser.
4. A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Canticles
noun: an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later [syn: {Song of Songs}, {Song of Solomon}, {Canticle of Canticles}]
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