document written on parchment

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• parchment — [[t]pɑ͟ː(r)tʃmənt[/t]] parchments 1) N UNCOUNT In former times, parchment was the skin of a sheep or goat that was used for writing on. ...old manuscripts written on parchment. 2) N UNCOUNT Parchment is a kind of thick yellowish paper. ...an old… …   English dictionary

• parchment — UK [ˈpɑː(r)tʃmənt] / US [ˈpɑrtʃmənt] noun Word forms parchment : singular parchment plural parchments 1) a) [uncountable] a substance made from animal skin, used in the past for writing on b) [countable] an old document written on parchment 2)… …   English dictionary

• parchment — The skin of an animal prepared as a surface for writing. A fine paper prepared in imitation of a parchment of skin. An instrument or document written on parchment …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• parchment — parch|ment [ˈpa:tʃmənt US ˈpa:r ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: parchemin, from Latin pergamena, from Greek, from Pergamenos of Pergamum , ancient city in Turkey] 1.) [U] a material used in the past for writing on, made from the skin… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• parchment — parch|ment [ partʃmənt ] noun 1. ) uncount a substance made from animal skin, used in the past for writing on a ) count an old document written on parchment 2. ) uncount thick pale yellow paper …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Parchment — For other uses, see Parchment (disambiguation). Central European (Northern) type of finished parchment made of goatskin stretched on a wooden frame Parchment is a thin material made from calfskin, sheepskin or goatskin, often split. Its most… …   Wikipedia

• Document — For the R.E.M. album, see Document (album). For the similarly named surrealist journal, see Documents (magazine). The term document has more meanings in ordinary language and in scholarship. WordNet 3.1. lists four meanings (October 2011):… …   Wikipedia

• parchment — noun 1 (U) a material used in the past for writing on, made from the skin of a sheep or a goat 2 (U) thick yellow white writing paper, sometimes used for official documents 3 (C) a document written on this paper or material …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Parchment paper — Paper Pa per (p[=a] p[ e]r), n. [F. papier, fr. L. papyrus papyrus, from which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr. pa pyros. Cf. {Papyrus}.] 1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• document — Synonyms and related words: adduce, affirm, anatomize, archives, article, atomize, attest, authenticate, autograph, back, back up, bear out, blank, bolster, brainchild, buttress, call to mind, certificate, certify, chirograph, chronicle,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• parchment — Synonyms and related words: article, autograph, biscuit, blank, bone, brainchild, bubble, china, chirograph, codex, composition, computer printout, copy, cracker, docket, document, dossier, draft, dust, edited version, eggshell, engrossment,… …   Moby Thesaurus