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Versicle

noun
1.
A short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation.





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"Versicle" Quotes from Famous Books



... than twenty stanzas; but a few will suffice. Besides, too, I shrink from presenting the more faulty ones. To strangers they will be merely the immature efforts of nameless young folks; but for me a halo of memories glorifies each halting versicle. The one where the tree fell runs as follows. It was Addison's; and in his now distant home, he will anathematize me for exposing his ...
— When Life Was Young - At the Old Farm in Maine • C. A. Stephens


Words linked to "Versicle" :   verse form, sursum corda, poem


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