Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vesica \Ve*si"ca\, n. [L.]
   A bladder.

   {Vesica piscis}. [L., dish 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.