Definitions for versicles

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versicles ver·si·cle

Spelling: [vur-si-kuh l]

IPA: /ˈvɜr sɪ kəl/

Versicles is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 331 anagrams from letters in versicles (ceeilrssv).

Definitions for versicles

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 of versicles

First recorded in 1350-1400; Middle English word from Latin word versiculus. See verse, -i-, -cle¹

Examples for versicles

It consists of three texts describing the mystery, recited as versicle and response alternately with the salutation "Hail, Mary!"

“To-morrow shall be done away the iniquity of the earth,” is the versicle after the Office Hymn.

The clergyman said the versicle, "O Lord, save the King," and the clerk made no reply.

"I only chanted a versicle from one of the Psalms," he explained.

He gives a Sunday-school feast every year, which begins with a versicle and a response.

And at the end of what seemed to be a versicle of his chant he called Bluebeard.

Every versicle—well do we remember it—concluded with the exordium, “Damn their eyes!”

And the versicle, 'Glory be to the Father,' etc., is then said.