excerption

Other forms: excerptions

Definitions of excerption

1. noun

   a passage selected from a larger work
   synonyms: excerpt, extract, selection

   examples:

   Haphtarah

   a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah

   types:

   chrestomathy

   a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language

   analecta, analects

   a collection of excerpts from a literary work

   clipping, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting

   an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

   cut, track

   a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc

   citation, quotation, quote

   a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

   epigraph

   a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing

   mimesis

   the representation of another person's words in a speech

   misquotation, misquote

   an incorrect quotation

   type of:

   passage

   a section of text; particularly a section of medium length