Pericope

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəˈrɪkÉ™pi/

Origin

From late Latin pericope, from Greek περικοπή ‘section’, from peri- + κοπή ‘cutting’, from κόπτειν ‘to cut’.

Full definition of pericope

Noun

1. (rhetoric) 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.