Meaning & use
pericope
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A short extract or passage taken from a larger text, especially from the Bible, for study or reading aloud.
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The Sunday sermon focused on a single pericope from the Gospel of Luke.
Scholars debated how a particular pericope should be interpreted in its historical context.
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A technical term used mainly in biblical studies and literary criticism, rarely encountered in everyday speech.
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