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Paralipomenon

American  
[par-uh-li-pom-uh-non, -lahy-] / ˌpær ə lɪˈpɒm əˌnɒn, -laɪ- /

noun

Douay Bible.

plural

Paralipomena

  1. Chronicles.

Etymology

Origin of Paralipomenon

1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin paralīpomenon, singular of paralīpomena paralipomena

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Why, Mike, you know as much about a horse as you do about the Pentateuch or Paralipomenon.

From Project Gutenberg

Ye that be clerks may see it in the Second Book of Kings and the Second Book of Paralipomenon.

From Project Gutenberg

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