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Pericope

//pəˈɹɪkəpi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech. rhetoric
  2. 2
    A passage of Scripture to be read in public worship or a book containing such passages.

    "The reader looked up the Sunday morning pericope."

Etymology

From Late Latin pericope, from Ancient Greek περικοπή (perikopḗ, “section”), from περι- (peri-, “across”) + κοπή (kopḗ, “cutting”), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”).

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