parchment
noun
the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write.
parchments
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pluralof parchment.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"We've shown that we're able to extract a tremendous amount of new information from these parchments without harming them," says Breen.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
There are no secret documents or Ark of the Covenant filled with parchments detailing punt returns, two-point plays or gunner lanes stored away on family property, they say.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
The jars held the first of the parchments that would come to be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. The scrolls’ discovery kicked off a search that lasted for nearly a decade.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2017
The parchments are valued keepsakes, commemorating births, marriages and in this case, Holy Year pilgrimages.
From US News ● Dec. 14, 2015
Aureliano abandoned the parchments, did not leave the house again, and carelessly answered the letters from the wise Catalonian.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
