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Webster 1913 Edition
Pericope
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Pe-ric′o-pe
,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. Definition 2024
pericope
pericope
See also: péricope
English
Noun
pericope (plural pericopes)
- (rhetoric) A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.
- A passage of Scripture to be read in public worship or a book containing such passages.
- The reader looked up the Sunday morning pericope.
- The oldest known system of pericopes in the Western Church is ascribed to Jerome.
Synonyms
- reading (passage of Scripture)
Translations
section of text forming a coherent thought
passage of religious Scripture
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References
- The Lutheran Cyclopedia, 1954, 1975 Concordia Publishing House, St Louis p 614.