excerption Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a passage selected from a larger work
    extract; selection; excerpt.
    • he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings

WordNet

Ex*cerp"tion noun
Etymology
L. excerptio.
Definitions
  1. The act of excerpting or selecting. R.
  2. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. R.
    His excerptions out of the Fathers. Fuller.

Webster 1913