"pericope" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈɹɪkəpi/ Forms: pericopes [plural], pericopae [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin pericope, from Ancient Greek περικοπή (perikopḗ, “section”), from περι- (peri-, “across”) + κοπή (kopḗ, “cutting”), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|LL.|pericope}} Late Latin pericope, {{der|en|grc|περικοπή||section}} Ancient Greek περικοπή (perikopḗ, “section”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|pericopae}} pericope (plural pericopes or pericopae)
  1. (rhetoric) A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech. Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric Translations (section of text forming a coherent thought): perikooppi (Finnish), péricope [feminine] (French), περικοπή (perikopí) [feminine] (Greek), зачало (začalo) [neuter] (Macedonian), перикопа (perikopa) [feminine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-pericope-en-noun--jJQdZHW Disambiguation of 'section of text forming a coherent thought': 96 4
  2. A passage of Scripture to be read in public worship or a book containing such passages. Translations (passage of religious Scripture): raamatunkohta (Finnish), péricope liturgique [feminine] (French), Perikope [feminine] (German), περικοπή (perikopí) [feminine] (Greek), зачало (začalo) [neuter] (Macedonian), зачало (začalo) [neuter] (Old Church Slavonic), perykopa [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-pericope-en-noun-IkUyz0KO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of 'passage of religious Scripture': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reading (english: passage of Scripture)

Inflected forms

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