Parapegm

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An engraved tablet, usually of brass, set up in a public place.

    "Parapegms were used for the publication of laws, proclamations, and the recording of astronomical phenomena or calendar events."

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"Parapegms were used for the publication of laws, proclamations, and the recording of astronomical phenomena or calendar events."

Etymology

Latin parapegma, Ancient Greek παράπηγμα (parápēgma) to fix beside: compare French parapegme.

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