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pericope

PRONUNCIATION: p-rk-p
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. pe·ric·o·pes or pe·ric·o·pae
An extract or selection from a book, especially a reading from a Scripture that forms part of a church service.
ETYMOLOGY: Late Latin pericop, from Greek perikop, a cutting around, section, from perikoptein, to cut around : peri-, peri- + koptein, to cut.
OTHER FORMS: pe·rico·pal (p-rk-pl) , peri·copic (pr-kpk) —ADJECTIVE