Meaning of pericope | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.
   rhetoric
2. A passage of Scripture to be read in public worship or a book containing such passages.

Equivalents

Examples

“The reader looked up the Sunday morning pericope.”

“The oldest known system of pericopes in the Western Church is ascribed to Jerome.”

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