[pɪˈrɪkəpi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an extract from a text, especially a passage from the Bible
(e.g: a book of pericopes)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: via late Latin from Greek perikopē ‘section’, from peri- ‘around’ + kopē ‘cutting’ (from koptein ‘to cut’)