versicle
Brief sung prayer
A versicle is a short verse, especially one spoken or chanted by a priest or minister in liturgical worship, to which the congregation responds.
The call-and-response pattern structures many religious services: The priest intoned the versicle, and the congregation answered with the response.
Alternating liturgical song
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- collectBring items together
- suffragesActs of voting
- litanyProlonged repetitive account
canticle · doxology · introit · magnificat · offertory · benediction · matins · vespers
Poem's line grouping
Unaccompanied liturgical melody
- gregorianNamed for Pope Gregory
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- psalmodySacred vocal music practice
- recitativeSpeechlike operatic singing
cantor · precentor · monophonic · tone · chanting · intoning · choirbook
antiphon
Alternating liturgical song
litany · canticle · doxology · introit · magnificat · offertory · benediction · matins · vespers · compline
stanza
Poem's line grouping
plainchant
Unaccompanied liturgical melody
- gregorianNamed for Pope Gregory
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- psalmodySacred vocal music practice
recitative · cantor · precentor · monophonic · tone · chanting · intoning · choirbook