charta

American  

[kahr-tuh] / ˈkɑr tə /

noun

Pharmacology.

chartae plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• chartae
  plural

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

As to the third object of the confederation; England, who much boasts of her own magna charta, will make no difficulty in granting a magna charta to the liberties of America.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. by Various

Magna charta of England saith, 'The king can do nothing but by law, and no obedience is due to him but by law.'

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

In this difficulty Eumenes, we are told, had recourse to the preparation of sheepskins, and that from the place of its invention it was called charta pergamena.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William