pericope

pericope

See also: péricope

English

Etymology

From Late Latin pericope, from Greek περικοπή ‘section’, from peri- + κοπή ‘cutting’, from κόπτειν ‘to cut’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɪkəpi/

Noun

pericope (plural pericopes)

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)

passage of religious Scripture

Finnish: raamatunkohta French: péricope liturgique f German: Perikope f

Greek: περικοπή (el) f (perikopí) Old Church Slavonic: зачало n (začalo) Polish: perykopa (pl) f

References

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

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Italian

Noun

pericope f (plural pericopi)

1. pericope

Anagrams

• coppiere