rare. [a. OF. (also mod.F.) versicule (14th c.; = It., Sp., Pg. versiculo), or ad. L. versiculus: see next and VERSICLE sb.] A versicle; a short verse or poem.

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1491.  Cartul. St. Nicholai Aberdon. (New Spald. Cl.), I. 256. Gif he be ane choristar and playne Sangster þat can singe Anthoms, Responseris and Versiculis.

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1517.  in Archaeol., LXI. 84. A booke with the Invitatorys and the versiculis noted.

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a. 1500.  Wyntoun’s Cron. (Wemyss MS.), V. xi. 3625. Versiculis thare to he can write, And ympnis alsua maid in dite.

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1861.  W. H. Russell, in Times, 14 May, 10/1. A variety of versicules, songs, and rhetorical exercitations.

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