Definitions for vesica

vesica ve·si·ca

Spelling: [vuh-sahy-kuh, -see-kuh
IPA: /vəˈsaɪ kə, -ˈsi kə, ˈvɛs ɪ kə/

Vesica is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in vesica (aceisv).

Definitions for vesica

noun

  1. Anatomy. a bladder.
  2. vesica piscis.

Origin of vesica

First recorded in 1675-85, vesica is from the Latin word vēsīca

Examples for vesica

It is thought by some that the Gothic or pointed arch is derived from this symbol, being simply the upper half of a vesica.

The pointed oval, or vesica, is the conventionalized form of the fish.

In the centre is the Madonna and Child enthroned in a vesica above six saints, and surrounded by the symbols of the Evangelists.

In this figure the cross is made by the intersection of two ovals, each a vesica piscis, an emblem of the yoni.

The statues are arranged in five horizontal lines from north to south, exclusive of the figure in the "vesica," the oval above.

In the sky is a pretty Madonna and Child in a vesica surrounded by angels.

Its form is that of the vesica piscis, one of the most common emblems of the yoni.

A myrtle was also a type, but of the female, because its leaf is a close representation of the vesica piscis.

Mandorla, man-dor′la, n. an oval panel, or a work of art filling such: the vesica piscis.

Every Cathedral has its vesica Piscis, often of enormous dimensions.

Word Value for vesica
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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