(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:54:48

Pe*ric"o*pe (?), n. [L., section of a book, Gr. ; around + to cut.]

A selection or extract from a book; especially Theol., a selection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches or used as a text for a sermon.

 

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