pericope
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
Definition of pericope
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (rhetoric)A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.
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noun
- (rhetoric)A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.
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A passage of Scripture to be read in public worship or a book containing such passages.
“The reader looked up the Sunday morning pericope.”
“The oldest known system of pericopes in the Western Church is ascribed to Jerome.”
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Etymology
From Late Latin pericope, from Ancient Greek περικοπή (perikopḗ, “section”), from περι- (peri-, “across”) + κοπή (kopḗ, “cutting”), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”).
Words you can make from pericope
84 playable · top: CROPPIE (13 pts)
Best play croppie 13 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
8 words4-letter words
31 words- CEPE 8 pts
- COPE 8 pts
- COPI 8 pts
- CRIP 8 pts
- CROP 8 pts
- EPIC 8 pts
- PEEP 8 pts
- PEPO 8 pts
- PERC 8 pts
- PERP 8 pts
- PICE 8 pts
- PIPE 8 pts
- POPE 8 pts
- PREP 8 pts
- PROP 8 pts
- REPP 8 pts
- CERE 6 pts
- CERO 6 pts
- CIRE 6 pts
- COIR 6 pts
- CORE 6 pts
- PEER 6 pts
- PERE 6 pts
- PERI 6 pts
- PIER 6 pts
- PORE 6 pts
- PREE 6 pts
- REPO 6 pts
- RICE 6 pts
- RIPE 6 pts
- ROPE 6 pts
3-letter words
28 words2-letter words
9 wordsHooks
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