charta

American  

[kahr-tuh] / ˈkɑr tə /

noun

Pharmacology.

plural

chartae

1. a strip of paper that is impregnated with a medicinal substance, for external application.

2. Also called chartula, powder paper.  a paper folded so as to form a packet for a powdered medicament.

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Etymology

Origin of charta

before 1000; Old English, for earlier sense of “letter, document” < Medieval Latin; < New Latin, Latin: sheet of paper, document < Greek chártēs papyrus leaf, sheet of paper, literally, something to make marks on; character

Example Sentences

Many hundreds of years ago, he had once told Meggie, people made the bindings for particularly valuable books from the skin of unborn calves, charta virginea non nata, a pretty name for a terrible thing.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

Nec te purpureo velent vaccinia fuco: Non est conveniens luctibus ille color: Nec titulus minio nec cedro charta notetur, 8 Candida nec nigra cornua fronte geras.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

The magna charta of our liberties affirms that "all men are created equal."

From Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South by Fortune, Timothy Thomas

The Jews very early availed themselves of the charta pergamena, whereupon to write their Scriptures.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

They were about eight or nine in number, all brown and musty looking books, written on cotton paper, or charta bombycina, a material in use in very early times.

From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert