pericope

n., pl., -pes, or -pae (-pē').
An extract or selection from a book, especially a reading from a Scripture that forms part of a church service.

[Late Latin pericopē, from Greek perikopē, a cutting around, section, from perikoptein, to cut around : peri-, peri- + koptein, to cut.]

pericopal pe·ric'o·pal (pə-rĭk'ə-pəl) or per'i·cop'ic (pĕr'ĭ-kŏp'ĭk) adj.

(puh-RIK-uh-pee)

noun
A selection from a book.

Etymology
From Late Latin pericope, from Greek perikope (section), from peri (around) + koptein (to cut).]

Usage
"Act now while the supply lasts, and you can buy a rare facsimile of an 11th-century, illuminated German manuscript for only $16,425. After March 15, the price will rise to $19,205. This is what the publisher has told prospective German buyers interested in acquiring a 410-page, gilded copy of a pericope." — Craig R. Whitney; Medieval Marketing; The New York Times; Nov 9, 1994.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - perikope

Français (French)
n. - coupure circulaire, passage d'une oeuvre

Deutsch (German)
n. - kurzer Abschnitt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περικοπή

Italiano (Italian)
pericope

Português (Portuguese)
n. - citação de um livro (f) (como uma passagem da Bíblia)

Русский (Russian)
отрывок

Español (Spanish)
n. - pequeño fragmento de un trabajo literario

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kort Bibelstycke

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
从书中选出的章节, 圣课

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 從書中選出的章節, 聖課

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 정선된 도서물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 短章句, 節, 聖書抜粋, ペリコーペ

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרשת-השבוע, פיסקה‬

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