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sicle

/ˈsɪkəl/

sicle noun: a shekel. Also the obsolete spelling of sickle.

Noun

sicle (plural sicles)

  1. (obsolete) A shekel.
    • The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtledoves to redeem the Lamb of God.1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC

Also used as

sicle is also the obsolete spelling of sickle.

Forms of sicle

pluralsicles

Origin of sicle

Borrowed from French sicle, from Latin siclus, from Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šɛ́qɛl).

Questions about sicle

What does sicle mean?
Sicle means a shekel.
What part of speech is sicle?
Sicle is a noun.
How do you pronounce sicle?
Sicle is pronounced /ˈsɪkəl/.
What is the plural of sicle?
The plural of sicle is sicles.

Words near sicle in the dictionary

  1. sickularism
  2. sickulars
  3. sicky
  4. siclatoun
  5. siclatouns
  6. sicle
  7. sicles
  8. Sico
  9. SICP
  10. Sicque
  11. Sicques

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