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canticular

canticular adjective: relating to canticles.

Adjective

canticular (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Relating to canticles.
    • […] his fine baritone voice […] would have been an acquisition to any minister; and it seems clear in view of the growing canticular character of the Church that a good voice is not a thing to be despised in a celebrant.1878, The Kentish magazine, page 45

Questions about canticular

What does canticular mean?
Canticular means relating to canticles.
What part of speech is canticular?
Canticular is an adjective.

Words near canticular in the dictionary

  1. cantico
  2. canticoes
  3. canticos
  4. canticoy
  5. canticoys
  6. canticular
  7. canticum
  8. cantier
  9. cantiest
  10. cantiga
  11. cantigas

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