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Webster 1913 Edition


Vesica

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Ve-si′ca

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Noun.
[L.]
A bladder.
Vesica piscis
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[L., fish bladder.]
(Eccl. Art)
A glory, or aureole, of oval shape, or composed of two arcs of circles usually represented as surrounding a divine personage. More rarely, an oval composed of two arcs not representing a glory; a solid oval, etc.