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pericopae

pericopae is the plural of pericope.

Meaning of pericope

Noun

pericope (plural pericopes or pericopae)

  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.

Questions about pericopae

What is pericopae the plural of?
Pericopae is the plural of pericope.

Words near pericopae in the dictionary

  1. pericondensed
  2. pericondylar
  3. pericontinental
  4. pericontusional
  5. pericontusionally
  6. pericopae
  7. pericopal
  8. pericope
  9. pericopes
  10. pericopic
  11. pericorneal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pericopae (page history and authors); pericope (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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