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

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charta chartae

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

His magna charta concludes with these words, 'And let the saints of the Most High walk in this colony without molestation, in the name of Jehovah their God, for ever and ever.'

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

But, as it is sometimes expedient to be thankful for small favors, it may have appeared to Governor Simcoe that the new constitution of the colony was superior to that of England before magna charta.

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles

From adulation of Augustus it was also called charta augusta and charta livia.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by Carvalho, David Nunes

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 the present age periturae parcere chartae is emphatically an unreasonable demand.

From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

It is what the ancient Latinists call charta or chartae.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac