Crossword-Solution: VERSICLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Versicle | n. | A little verse; especially, a short verse or text said or sung in public worship by the priest or minister, and followed by a response from the people. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Brief poem | 1 answer |
| Short verse sung by a priest | 1 answer |
| Verse | 49 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ZAECME
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with VERSICLE (5)
NOTES [1] The Greek diminutive _epullia_ is here correctly expressed by the German _verschen_, but versicle would not be tolerated in English.--TRANS.
When they came to the twentieth versicle of the _Miserere,--Ut oedificentur muri Hierusalem_ (that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up),--He made them stop.
Moreover, he served the Brothers humbly in his office of sacristan for nearly four years, and so that versicle which is sung for confessors was apt and fitting for him "who was ever pious and prudent, lowly and modest, sober and chaste and peaceful so long as this present life endured in his bodily limbs." He was buried in the eastern cloister.
The special liturgical features of the Church's celebration are the Vespers, Matins, and Lauds of the Dead on the evening of November 1, and the solemn Requiem Mass on November 2, with the majestic "Dies irae" and the oft-recurrent versicle, "Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat |191| eis," that most beautiful of prayers.
Rossetti's versicle finds its point in life-- "Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies?" "Nay, who but infants question in such wise? 'T was one of my most intimate enemies." It is useless to speak of cultivating the great gift of friendship unless we make clear to ourselves what we mean by a friend.
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Appears in: NYT, Universal.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1983–2012).