versicle

Meaning

Noun

  • In poetry and songs, particularly hymns, one of a series of lines that are shorter than a standard line of verse.
  • In liturgy, the verse said by the officiant.

Origin

  • From Middle English versicle, from Old French versicule, from Latin versiculus.

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