Noun: pericope
| Singular | pericope |
| Plural | pericopes; pericopae |
Sample Sentences
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The reader looked up the Sunday morning pericope.
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The oldest known system of pericopes in the Western Church is ascribed to Jerome.
Nouns inflected like pericope
oenochoe,
Perate,
paraselene,
quadragene,
diple,
phyle,
valvule,
pericope,
Quadragene,
metrete,
nymphe,
acne,
Etymology
From Late Latin pericope, from Ancient Greek περικοπή (perikopḗ, “section”), from περι- (peri-, “across”) + κοπή (kopḗ, “cutting”), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”).