excerption — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of excerpting or selecting.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

2. Something which is selected or gleaned; an extract (of text, audio, data etc.).

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   his excerptions out of Fathers

Noun

1. a passage selected from a larger work

   Synonyms

   excerptextractselection

   Broader terms

   passage

   Examples

   he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings

2. The act of excerpting or selecting from a larger work.

   Broader terms

   choiceselectionoptionpick

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   But the phenomenon of excerption can help us create a possible scenario for how the commentary preserved in Berol. 9780, a papyrus from Hermoupolis dating to the second century C.E., was created.