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paralipomenon (iou)



paralipomenon noun. . ME.
[ecclesiastical Latin paralipomena pl. from Greek paraleipomena (things) left out, from paraleipein leave on one side, omit, formed as PARA-1 + leipein leave. In sense 1 repr. Greek Paraleipomenon genit. (sc. biblia books), title of Chronicles in Septuagint and Vulgate.]
(Paralipomenon.) The Books of Chronicles in the Old Testament (so called as containing particulars omitted in the Books of Kings). ME-E18.
A thing omitted in the body of a work and appended as a supplement. Usu. in pl. L17.