Pericope

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A selection or extract from a book; especially (Theol.), a selection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches or used as a text for a sermon.

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pericope
pĕrĭcŏpē, ēs, f., = περικοπή, a section of a book, etc. (eccl. Lat.), Hier. in Joel, 2, ...

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