Paralipomenon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pæɹəlɪˈpɒmɪnɒn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Paralipomenon is a noun meaning (biblical) Either of the Books of Chronicles in the Old Testament.
Meaning
(biblical) Either of the Books of Chronicles in the Old Testament.
More Meanings
- (usually in the plural) An omission, especially one of a book, added later as a supplement.
Example Sentences
In a paralipomenon to the theses ‘On the Concept of History’ he writes: […]
There are other books, which seem of a different class, and are neither connected with the proceeding class, nor with each other; such is Job, such Tobias, and Esther, and Judith, and the two books of Machabees, and two of Esdras, which seem rather more to follow up that regular course of history, which closed with the Kingdoms, or the Paralipomenon: […]
Word Forms
- paralipomena
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chronicles, chronist, chronicler, parocheth, kings.
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