Pericope

//pəˈɹɪkəpi// noun

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Definitions

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."

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"How can one know who is the author of the pericope about the woman taken in adultery in the Gospel of John?"

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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