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PARALIPOMENON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books of I Chronicles and II Chronicles which were regarded as supplementary to Kings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Paralipomenon" is a kind of...):

religious text; religious writing; sacred text; sacred writing (writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity)

Meronyms (parts of "Paralipomenon"):

1 Chronicles; I Chronicles (the first of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC)

2 Chronicles; II Chronicles (the second of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC)

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

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