• (n.) That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. • (n.) The act of excerpting or selecting.
Ex·cerp'tion noun [ Latin excerptio .] 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. 
excerption An excerpt which is selected or gleaned from a written context, etc.