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Word of the Day - Pericope
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pericope
Pronunciation: /pəˈrɪkəpi/
noun
An extract from a text, especially a passage from the Bible.
Origin
Mid 17th century: via late Latin from Greek perikopē ‘section’, from peri- ‘around’ + kopē ‘cutting’ (from koptein ‘to cut’).
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Paula leaned back in her lounge so she could carefully consider the importance of the pericopes quoted in her new favorite novel. She absorbed the rays of the sun, heedless of the future of visits to a series of dermatologists.
