canticle

基本解釋

A short liturgical text chanted or sung responsively preceding or following a psalm, psalm verse, or canticle.
短詩(shī)，歌曲在頌歌、贊美詩(shī)或圣歌前后輪流吟誦或吟唱的禮拜儀式短詩(shī)或歌曲。
The ceremony ended with the release of hundreds of doves as the choir sang "Saint Francis Canticle to Father Sun and Sister Moon."
儀式結(jié)束時(shí)隨著“圣弗朗西神圣日月頌歌”的歌聲放飛了成千上百只白鴿。
Faust, as a developmental history of human soul and zeitgeist, is the canticle of "Faust Spirit" as well as the reflection on Faust's pursuit.
作為一部人類靈魂與時(shí)代精神的發(fā)展史，《浮士德》既是對(duì)“浮士德精神”的頌歌，也是對(duì)浮士德式追求的反思；

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a nonmetrical hymn, derived from the Bible and used in the liturgy of certain Christian churches