Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek antiquity, a tablet fixed to a wall or set up in a public place, and inscribed with a law or ordinance, or with any information or announcement to the public, as an astronomical calendar, etc.; hence, a rule or precept.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
engraved tablet , usually ofbrass , set up in apublic place.
Etymologies
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Latin parapegma, Ancient Greek to fix beside: compare French parapegme.
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