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, ↑Canticles
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑book
• Part Holonyms:
↑Hagiographa, ↑Ketubim, ↑Writings, ↑sapiential book, ↑wisdom book, ↑wisdom literature, ↑Old Testament
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Douay Bible.
See Song of Solomon, The.
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Canticle of Canticles,
= Song of Solomon, in the Douay Bible. (Cf. ↑Song of Solomon)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.