pericope
See also: péricope
English
Etymology
From Late Latin pericope, from Greek περικοπή ‘section’, from peri- + κοπή ‘cutting’, from κόπτειν ‘to cut’.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈɹɪkəpi/
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.
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