English-Finnish translations for pericope

• perikooppi
• raamatunkohta

Definition of pericope

• A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech

Examples

• The reader looked up the Sunday morning pericope.
• The oldest known system of pericopes in the Western Church is ascribed to Jerome.

Related words

• pericardium
• pericardial
• pericyte
• Pericles
• pericarp
• pericyclic
• pericycle
• periclinal
• pericenter