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Paralipomenon
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Parˊa-li-pom′e-non
,Noun.
pl.
[L., fr. Gr.
παραλειπομένων
of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter genitive plural) fr. [GREEK] 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.