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pe⋅ric⋅o⋅pe

  [puh-rik-uh-pee]
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–noun, plural -pes, -pae  [-pee] .
1. a selection or extract from a book.
2. lection (def. 2).
Origin:
1650–60; < LL pericopē section < Gk perikop a cutting, equiv. to peri- peri- + kop a cutting

Related forms:
pe⋅ric⋅o⋅pal, per⋅i⋅cop⋅ic  [per-i-kop-ik] , adjective
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pe·ric·o·pe   (pə-rĭk'ə-pē)   
n.   pl. pe·ric·o·pes or pe·ric·o·pae (-pē')
An extract or selection from a book, especially a reading from a Scripture that forms part of a church service.

[Late Latin pericopē, from Greek perikopē, a cutting around, section, from perikoptein, to cut around : peri-, peri- + koptein, to cut.]
pe·ric'o·pal (pə-rĭk'ə-pəl), per'i·cop'ic (pěr'ĭ-kŏp'ĭk) adj.
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