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SONG OF SOLOMON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later
Synonyms:
Canticle of Canticles; Canticles; Song of Solomon; Song of Songs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
Holonyms ("Song of Solomon" is a part of...):
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Hagiographa; Ketubim; Writings (the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)
sapiential book; wisdom book; wisdom literature (any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom)
