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Word: Pericope
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: via late Latin from Greek perikopē ‘section’, from peri- ‘around’ + kopē ‘cutting’ (from koptein ‘to cut’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pɪˈrɪkəpi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an extract from a text, especially a passage from the Bible
Short Definition:extract from text
Examples:- a book of pericopes
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