noun
passage
PASS-ij/ˈpæsɪdʒ/
A short section of writing, speech, or music.
The highlighted passage forms a short section within the longer book.
Etymology
Old French passage named a way through or a crossing. The textual sense originally referred to a portion of writing concerning a particular occurrence or matter, rather than any arbitrarily selected stretch.
In context
the passage that you're studying even if you're doing a an expository message which basically means you're drawing your points out of a passage of scripture
More examples
- One passage in her speech draws loud applause.
- The violinist practices the difficult passage until it sounds smooth.
- These two passages describe the same event from different viewpoints.
Forms
passage · passages