Synonyms & related words for pericope

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of pericope. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to pericope

Explore words related to pericope — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include scripture, scripturist, postillator, postillate, eisegesis, scripturalist, textuary, antiscriptural. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does pericope come from?

The word pericope breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: peri-, from Greek peri (“around”); and cope, from Greek koptein (“to cut”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.