versicle in English

noun
1
a short sentence said or sung by the minister in a church service, to which the congregation gives a response.
The low woodnotes of a roller served as a substitute for Gloria in Excelsis following our final response to Adam's versicles .

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1. Versicle: — O Lord, keep the Queen safe.

2. 1500, "a versicle sung responsively," from French antiphone "hymn" or directly from Medieval Latin Antiphona, from Greek Antiphona (neuter plural), from antiphonos "responsive, sounding in answer," from anti "in return" (see anti-) + phōnē "voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say."

3. 1500, "a versicle sung responsively," from French Antiphone "hymn" or directly from Medieval Latin antiphona, from Greek antiphona (neuter plural), from antiphonos "responsive, sounding in answer," from anti "in return" (see anti-) + phōnē "voice," from PIE root *bha-(2) "to speak, tell, say."