excerption

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

excerption
    n 1: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented
         excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn:
         {excerpt}, {excerption}, {extract}, {selection}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Excerption \Ex*cerp"tion\, n. [L. excerptio.]
   1. The act of excerpting or selecting. [R.]
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   2. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. [R.]
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            His excerptions out of the Fathers.   --Fuller.
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