单词 | versicle |
释义 | versiclen. 1. a. Liturgical. One of a series of short sentences, usually taken from the Psalms and of a precatory nature, said or sung antiphonally in divine service; spec. one said by the officiant and followed by the response of the congregation or people; often collective plural, a set of these with their accompanying responses. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > versicle > [noun] versec960 verset?c1225 versiclea1380 stichos1863 a1380 St. Paula 191 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 7 Þeos versicles heo seide and bad. 1425 Ordinances Whittington's Alms-house (modernized text) in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) IV. 354 This psalm, de profundis, with the versicles and Orissons that longeth thereto. 1486 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 16 To go on procession..syngyng a Respond..; that done, a versicle with the colet of Sȝ Stephen. 1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 49 The Psalme being ended.., the chiefe Inquisitour singeth a sort of Uersicles, and the whole Quier answereth them with theyr Responces. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 743 The very sound and sense of the..Respondes, and Versicles, declare whence they proceeded. 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies xxiv. 204 Anthems and Versicles he holds papisticall. 1710 C. Wheatley Illustr. Bk. Common Prayer ii. §21. 50 Of the Versicles before the Lord's Prayer. 1721 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1910) 8 295 The Ordinary Discipline is to last the time of a Miserere, with the Versicle Christus factus est, and the prayer Respice quæsumus. 1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music ii. 154 The unaccompanied Chaunt, used in the versicles and responses. 1832 W. Palmer Origines Liturg. I. 219 From this it appears, that these versicles were not, perhaps, originally repeated in church, but at home, as a preparation for divine service. 1893 W. Walker Three Churchmen 175 When he repeated the versicle ‘Lord save this woman, Thy servant!’ the clerk responded [etc.]. b. The sign (V, V', ?, or ?) with which these are noted or indicated in prayer-books, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > section marks pilcrow1440 paraphc1460 paragraph1538 paragraph mark1841 versicle1888 section-point1893 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 151 Versicle, a sign thus ℣ used in prayer books and other religious works. 2. A little verse, in various senses of that term: ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > short clause or sentence versec1000 versicle1483 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 231/1 A boke..in whiche was wreton thys versycle In euerlastyng memorye shal be my rightful hoostesse. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 198 Proceed in like manner, with the titles, attributes, and workes of God. Doe it for thy name, Doe it for thy goodnesse,..&c. in seuerall versicles. 1668 M. Hale Pref. Rolle's Abridgm. Pref. 5 In Justinians time there were an incredible number of Versicles and Volumes of their Laws. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Suppl. to Hist. Own Time (1902) ii. 507 The condemnatory versicles in Athanasius' Creed. 1721 R. Keith tr. Thomas à Kempis Valley of Lilies vi, in tr. Thomas à Kempis Select Pieces II. 13 Expound me this Word which thou spakest, open the Sense of this Versicle for the Comfort of thy Servant. b. †A verse of the Psalms or the Bible (obsolete); now spec., one of the subdivisions of a Hebrew verse. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > divisions of Old Testament > [noun] > Psalms > part of nocturn?c1225 spell1579 versicle1606 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > [noun] > passage writeOE steadc1175 text1377 scripturec1384 parcela1398 verse1560 versicle1737 verset1861 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Hebrew scripture > [noun] > subdivision of versicle1873 1606 Bp. J. Hall Arte Diuine Medit. §xxxvi Wee shall lift vp our heart and voyce to God, in singing some Versicle of Dauids diuine Psalmes. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 82 That versicle of Psal. 119, ‘Righteous art thou, O Lord, and right are thy Judgements’. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) II. i. 204 The psalms were in number fifteen,..made in imitation of David's Psalms; being digested into versicles. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed vii. 100 Then wiping the Chalice,..he goes to the Book and reads a Versicle of the holy Scripture, called the Communion. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric II. xli. 389 When..one band began the Hymn thus: ‘The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice’, the chorus..took up the corresponding versicle. 1873 Speaker's Commentary IV. 483/2 The second clause of the first versicle of this verse. c. A short or single metrical line; a little verse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > line > short line versicle1573 versiculus1755 1573 G. Harvey Schollers Loove in Let.-bk. (1884) 128 On[e] pore simple versicle Had bene too mutch for such an article. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. v. 7 The American..& the very Canniball, do sing and also say, their highest and holiest matters in certaine riming versicles and not in prose. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta v. 89 It behoueth him..to be mindfull of that prouerbiall versicle: Caseus est sanus, quem dat auara manus. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. iii. 7 The principall circumstances..are comprehended in this versicle: Quis, Quid, Vbi, Quibus auxiliis, Cur, Quomodo, Quando. 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea Ep. Ded. 8 According to that old Versicle Frangit & attollit vires in Milite causa. 1817 Ld. Byron Let. 25 Mar. (1976) V. 187 Here follow some versicles. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxvi. 257 To these pretty little compositions Mr. Pen replied..with points of wit, nay, with pretty little verses very likely, in reply to the versicles of the Muse of ‘Mes Larmes’. 1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds III. 143 She was fond of writing versicles and setting them to music. ΚΠ 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. v. 6 How the wilde and sauage people vsed a naturall Poesie in versicle and rime as our vulgar is. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > versicle > sing or say versicles [verb (intransitive)] versle?c1225 versicle?1550 ?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 131 b I knowe theyr progresse was great, as ye were wont to versycle it on theyr daies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1380 |
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