资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pericope \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.