paralipomenon
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- (Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books of I Chronicles and II Chronicles which were regarded as supplementary to KingsType of sacred text, sacred writingParts II Chronicles, I Chronicles
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Par′a·li·pom′e·non plural noun
Origin: L., fr. Gr. παραλειπομένων of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter genitive plural) fr. … to omit.
A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles.
☞ In the Septuagint these books are called Παραλειπομένων πρῶτον and δεύτερον, which is understood, after Jerome's explanation, as meaning that they are supplementary to the Books of Kings W. Smith.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54