sicle

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/ˈsɪkəl//ˈsaɪkəl/

noun

A shekel.

OriginFrench sicle ← Latin siclus ← Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל →
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Meanings

nounsicle (plural sicles)

plural sicles

  1. obsoleteA 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
  2. obsoleteObsolete spelling of sickle.

Origin

  1. Biblical Hebrewשֶׁקֶל
  2. Latinsiclus
  3. Frenchsicle
  4. Englishsicle

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

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APA

sicle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sicle

MLA

“sicle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sicle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sicle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sicle.

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