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Definition of Parchments
1. parchment [n] - See also: parchment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parchments
Literary usage of Parchments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"Titinius and Messala can sit if there are stools; if not they stand, Messala R
of Brutus, Titinius above table C. 2The table gets covered with parchments, ..."
2. The Works of George Bull: D. D., Lord Bishop of St. David's by George Bull, Edward Burton, Robert Nelson (1827)
"The doke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou earnest, bring with thee,
and the books, but especially the parchments. ..."
3. The Congregational Review (1868)
"ARTICLE V. PAUL'S TROAS parchments FOUND. THE apostle Paul wrote to Timothy
requesting him to ... But Paul specially wishes to get his books and parchments. ..."
4. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus, Ralph Francis Kerr (1891)
"In the eight years of his Pontificate," says the historian of the Eternal City
in the Middle Ages, "he filled Rome with books and parchments ; he was ..."
5. The Trial of Theodore Parker: For the "misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil by Theodore Parker (1855)
"... whom they think of; and a God even in their world, who slumbers not, neither
is weary, and is as little a respecter of parchments as of persons! ..."
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