pericope

See also: péricope

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɪkəpi/

Noun

pericope (plural pericopes or pericopae)

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 reader looked up the Sunday morning pericope.

   The oldest known system of pericopes in the Western Church is ascribed to Jerome.

Synonyms

• reading (passage of Scripture)

Translations

section of text forming a coherent thought

• Finnish: perikooppi
• French: péricope (fr) f
• Greek: περικοπή (el) f (perikopí)
• Macedonian: зачало n (začalo), перикопа f (perikopa)

passage of religious Scripture

• Finnish: raamatunkohta
• French: péricope liturgique f
• German: Perikope f
• Greek: περικοπή (el) f (perikopí)
• Macedonian: зачало n (začalo)
• Old Church Slavonic: зачало n (začalo)
• Polish: perykopa (pl) f

References

• The Lutheran Cyclopedia, 1954, 1975 Concordia Publishing House, St Louis p 614.

Italian

Noun

pericope f (plural pericopi)

1. pericope

Anagrams

• coppiere