pericope

Etymology
From, from , from + , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.
 * 2) A passage of Scripture to be read in public worship or a book containing such passages.
 * The reader looked up the Sunday morning pericope.
 * The oldest known system of pericopes in the Western Church is ascribed to Jerome.

Synonyms

 * passage of Scripture

Translations

 * Finnish: perikooppi
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Macedonian: зачало, перикопа


 * Finnish: raamatunkohta
 * French: péricope liturgique
 * German: Perikope
 * Greek:
 * Macedonian: зачало
 * Old Church Slavonic: зачало
 * Polish: