Synonyms of canticle

canticle

noun

ˈkan-ti-kəl 

as in hymn

a religious song

the monks offered up a canticle at dawn on Easter morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hymn
• anthem
• psalm
• carol
• chorale
• spiritual
• dirge
• requiem
• paean
• oratorio
• threnody
• lament
• hallelujah
• Gloria Patri
• processional
• mass
• recessional

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of canticle

Gustave Doré, the celebrated French illustrator, did elaborate engravings for the three canticles in the mid-19th century and devoted 99 out of 135 of them to Dante Alighieri’s darkest scenes. — Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026

The leaders of this communal canticle were the women of Boygenius — Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus. — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2023

The first was Bach’s glorious 12-part canticle, premiered in 1723 as the conclusion of the Christmas Vespers in Leipzig as a sort of meet-your-new-cantor demonstration of his powers. — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021

For many students of Dante, Purgatory is the Divine Comedy’s central canticle poetically, philosophically, and psychologically. — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021