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Definition of parchment - 5 dictionary results
parch⋅ment
[pahrch-muh
nt] 
–noun
| 1. | the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write. |
| 2. | a manuscript or document on such material. |
| 3. | a stiff, off-white paper resembling this material. |
| 4. | a diploma. |
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| parch·ment (pärch'mənt) n.
[Middle English parchemin, parchement (influenced by Medieval Latin pergamentum), from Old French parchemin, from Late Latin pergamīna, variant of Latin pergamēna, from feminine of Pergamēnus, of Pergamum, from Greek Pergamēnos, after Pergamon (Pergamum).] |
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Parchment
Parch"ment\ (-ment), n. [OE. parchemin, perchemin, F. parchemin, LL. pergamenum, L. pergamena, pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where parchment was first used.]1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum. But here's a parchment with the seal of C[ae]sar. --Shak. 2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp. Parchment paper. See Papyrine.
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Language Translation for : parchment
Spanish:
pergamino,
German:
das Pergament,
Japanese:
羊皮紙
parchment
c.1300, from O.Fr. perchemin (O.N.Fr. parcamin), from L.L. pergamenum "parchment," from Late Gk. pergamenon "of Pergamon," in allusion to Pergamon "Pergamum" (modern Bergama), city in Mysia in Asia Minor where it was supposedly first adopted as a substitute for papyrus, 2c. B.C.E. Possibly infl. in V.L. by L. parthica (pellis) "Parthian (leather)." Alt. in M.E. by confusion with nouns in -ent.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Parchment
a skin prepared for writing on; so called from Pergamos (q.v.), where this was first done (2 Tim. 4:13).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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