versicle

English

Etymology

From Old French versicule, from Latin versiculus.

Noun

versicle (plural versicles)

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