passage
A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
Example
“passage of scripture”
Other meanings
Part of a path or journey.
“He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.”
An incident or episode.
Word history
From Old French "passage".
Where this comes from
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