[f. L. versiculus VERSICLE sb. + -AR1.] Of or pertaining to, characterized by, consisting of, versicles or verses, esp. Biblical verses.
1812. J. Jebb, Corr. (1834), II. 72. The theological uses of the hebraic versicular system.
1840. G. S. Faber, Christ’s Disc. Capernaum, 20. That the sort of unconscious delusion, produced by the versicular figures, may be dissipated, I have … omitted those figures altogether.
1882–3. Schaff’s Encycl. Relig. Knowl., III. 2242. It was in this edition that the versicular division of the New Testament was … introduced.
