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; see 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

Animadverte, quam recte charta hæc cum supra alligatis formulis conveniat.

From Notes and Queries, Number 47, September 21, 1850 by Various

The word parchment seems to be a corruption of charta pergamena, a name first given to skins prepared by some improved process for Eumenes, king of Pergamum, about b.c.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

The rights of the chambers and of the people were also extended by an appendix to the charta signed by Louis XVIII.

From Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 by Horrocks, Mrs. George

In another cartoon a few months later, Napoleon the Third is shown wearing the crown of King John, and surrounded by a group of persistent barons, signing a magna charta for France.

From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Cooper, Frederic Taber