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Noun: paralipomenon (paralipomena)
  1. (usually plural) something omitted from a literary work and instead included in supplementary material
    "The author included several paralipomena in the appendix of the book";
    - paraleipomenon
Noun: Paralipomenon  ,per-u-li'pó-mu,nón [N. Amer], ,pa-ru-li'pó-mu,nón [Brit]
Usage: archaic
  1. (Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books of I Chronicles and II Chronicles which were regarded as supplementary to Kings

Derived forms: paralipomena

Type of: religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing

Encyclopedia: Paralipomenon