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pericope

About 0.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.
  2. noun A passage of Scripture to be read in public worship or a book containing such passages.
    The reader looked up the Sunday morning pericope.

Similar words

mishnaic period parenesis epexegesis parathesis epirrhema symploce parembole pericarp repetitio

Often followed by

is in of and as to on that has

Word family

pericopae pericopes

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