[pahrch-muh
nt] 
| 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. |
| 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).] |
Parchment
a skin prepared for writing on; so called from Pergamos (q.v.), where this was first done (2 Tim. 4:13).