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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L., section of a book, Gr. [GREEK];

περί

around + [GREEK] to cut.]

A selection or extract from a book; especially

(Theol.)

, a selection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches or used as a text for a sermon.

See also: pericope

péricope f ‎(plural péricopes)