verset
Americannoun
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Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
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Music. a brief piece for pipe organ, formerly used as part of the music for the Catholic Mass.
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Archaic. versicle.
Etymology
Origin of verset
Example Sentences
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The first verset, semantically airtight, is all Alter.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2018
But the verset humanely concludes: "Whoso, however, shall eat them by constraint, without desire, or as a transgressor, then no sin shall be upon him."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
The verset ends, "Verily all sins doth Allah forgive: aye, Gracious, and Merciful is He."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
O astronomer, there are five things that none knoweth save Allah Almighty;" and she repeated the verset; "'Aye!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Moreover, sundry miracles took place here, and a verset of the Koran descended from heaven.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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