noun
an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later
• Syn: ↑Song of Solomon, ↑Canticle of Canticles, ↑Canticles
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑book
• Part Holonyms:
↑Hagiographa, ↑Ketubim, ↑Writings, ↑sapiential book, ↑wisdom book, ↑wisdom literature, ↑Old Testament
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Song of Songs or Song of Solomon noun
Canticles, a book of the Old Testament long attributed to Solomon
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Main Entry: ↑song
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Song of Songs,
= Song of Solomon. (Cf. ↑Song of Solomon)
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(also Song of Solomon) a book of the Bible containing an anthology of Hebrew love poems traditionally ascribed to Solomon but in fact dating from a much later period. Jewish and Christian writers have interpreted the book allegorically as representing God's relationship with his people, or with the soul
Useful english dictionary. 2012.