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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Versicul(e, Wersykl(e, Werssikill, n. [ME and e.m.E. versicle (a1380), versicul(e (1517), L. versiculus.] a. In liturgical usage: A short sentence, usu. from the Psalms, said or sung antiphonally. = Vers(e n. 1 a. b. A verse of the Psalms. = Vers(e n. 1 b. —a. c1420 Wynt. v 3581.
Saynt Ambros in the anfenere Antemys mad and respondys sere And in it wersyklys [C. werssikillys, W. versiculis] als can wryte 1491 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. I 256 (see Plain sangstar n.). —b. 1558-66 Knox I 465.
Johnne Knox preached … and entreated the 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 versicules of the fourscoir psalme
