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    versicle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun versicle has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
versicle, n. [L. versiculus, dim. of versus.  See Verse.]. 
                                            
                                         A little verse; especially, a short verse or text said or sung in public worship by the priest or minister, and followed by a response from the people.                                                                                 [1913 Webster]                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                    
                                                    "The psalms were in number fifteen, . . . being digested into versicles."                                                                                            
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                                                                                                                        OXFORD DICTIONARY
versicle, n.  each of the short sentences in a liturgy said or sung by a priest etc. and alternating with responses.
                    Derivative
                        versicular adj.
                                                                Etymology
                        ME f. OF versicule or L versiculus dimin. of versus: see VERSE
                                    
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