Definitions for "Pericope"
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.
an episode or story unit in the synoptic gospels; a division of a synopsis. Plural: pericopae.
a portion of text selected to be read aloud, such as the Epistle and Gospel readings
Keywords:  anecdote, short
a short anecdote
Keywords:  verses, coherent, thought, unit, text
A short unit of text.
a set of verses which form one coherent unit or thought.