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versicle

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ver⋅si⋅cle

  [vur-si-kuhl]
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–noun
1. a little verse.
2. Ecclesiastical. a short verse, usually from the Psalms, said or sung by the officiant, after which the congregation recites a response. Compare response (def. 3a).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L versiculus. See verse, -i-, -cle 1
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ver·si·cle   (vûr'sĭ-kəl)   
n.  

  1. A short verse.

  2. A short sentence spoken or chanted by a priest and followed by a response from the congregation.


[Middle English, from Latin versiculus, diminutive of versus, verse; see verse1.]
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