Dictionary

pericope en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pəˈɹɪkəpi/

Etymology

From Late Latin pericope, from Ancient Greek περικοπή (perikopḗ, “section”), from περι- (peri-, “across”) + κοπή (kopḗ, “cutting”), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”).

Meanings

1. (rhetoric) A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.
2. A passage of Scripture to be read in public worship or a book containing such passages.
   • The oldest known system of pericopes in the Western Church is ascribed to Jerome.
   • The reader looked up the Sunday morning pericope.

Forms

Deriveds

pericopic · pericopal

Synonyms

reading

Translations (14)

fi raamatunkohta (passage of religious Scripture) · el περικοπή (passage of religious Scripture) · fi perikooppi (section of text forming a coherent thought) · mk зачало (passage of religious Scripture) · cu зачало (passage of religious Scripture) · id perikop (passage of religious Scripture) · fr péricope (section of text forming a coherent thought) · mk перикопа (section of text forming a coherent thought) · pl perykopa (passage of religious Scripture) · fr péricope liturgique (passage of religious Scripture) · el περικοπή (section of text forming a coherent thought) · de Perikope (passage of religious Scripture) · mk зачало (section of text forming a coherent thought) · id perikop (section of text forming a coherent thought)