paralipomenon

/pæɹəlɪˈpɒmɪnɒn/

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"There are other books, which seem of a different class, and are neither connected with the proceeding class, nor with each other; such is Job, such Tobias, and Esther, and Judith, and the two books of Machabees, and two of Esdras, which seem rather more to follow up that regular course of history, which closed with the Kingdoms, or the Paralipomenon: […]"
"In a paralipomenon to the theses ‘On the Concept of History’ he writes: […]"

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παραλειπομένων (Paraleipoménōn, “of things omitted”) παραλείπω (paraleípō, “I leave remaining”).

paralipomena (plural)

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How do you pronounce paralipomenon?

The recorded pronunciation is /pæɹəlɪˈpɒmɪnɒn/.

What does paralipomenon mean?

Either of the Books of Chronicles in the Old Testament.

Where does paralipomenon come from?

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παραλειπομένων (Paraleipoménōn, “of things omitted”) παραλείπω (paraleípō, “I leave remaining”).

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