verset
[vur-sit]
- Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- Music. a brief piece for pipe organ, formerly used as part of the music for the Catholic Mass.
- Archaic. versicle.
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Origin of verset
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Historical Examples
En Arnaut often ends a canzone with a verset in different tone from the rest, as markedly in "Si fos Amors."
InstigationsEzra Pound