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- proper noun biblical The twenty-second book of the
Old Testament and theBible , also known as theCanticle of Canticles and theSong of Songs .
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- noun an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later
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Examples
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The second is the Song of Songs, also known as the Song of Solomon, which is essentially a collection of erotic love poetry involving a young woman and a young man.
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Brandon refers to the Song of Solomon when he is courting Dolores/Eden.
WHEN THE HEAVENS FALL GILBERT MORRIS 2010
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A rose and/or a lily in a vase also refers to the Song of Solomon 2:1-2.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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A rose and/or a lily in a vase also refers to the Song of Solomon 2:1-2.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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He remembered that Uncle Matthew had told him that the Song of Solomon was a real love song or series of songs, and not, as the headlines to the chapters insisted, an allegorical description of Christ's love for the Church.
The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927
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This consisted of one thousand and five songs, all of which have gone down in the flood of years, with the exception of the Song of Solomon, which is an epithalamium, in which pure wedded love is incarnated.
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The true poetry of such a love as this is the sonnet on spring in the Song of Solomon, which is far more voluptuous than it is passionate.
Recollections of My Youth Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 1897
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In the Hebrew scriptures there are found three distinct kinds of poetry, (1) that of the Book of Job and the Song of Solomon, which is dramatic; (2) that of the Book of Psalms, which is lyrical; and (3) that of the Book of Ecclesiastes, which is didactic and sententious.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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The Song of Solomon is a pastoral poem, but its pictures are true to nature.
The Book of Delight and Other Papers Israel Abrahams 1891
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The Song of Solomon is a fine poem -- but its mystical reference to religion lies too deep for a common understanding: if you read it, therefore, it will be rather as matter of curiosity than of edification.
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant John Hamilton Moore 1772
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