noun · rare

pericope

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Perikope

A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speechA section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.

/pəˈɹɪkəpi/

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

Meaning

2 senses

(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.
Perikope

Examples

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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?
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Translations

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By meaning 1

passage of religious Scripture:

Origin

From Late Latin pericope, from Ancient Greek περικοπή (perikopḗ, “section”), from περι- (p

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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