单词 | parapegm |
释义 | † parapegmn. Ancient Greek History. Obsolete. 1. A fixed period of time; = parapegma n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > [noun] > in other cultures parapegma1641 parapegma1662 yug1789 kalpa1794 manvantara1830 sandhya1868 dreamtime1896 a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) ii. 133 From what Parapegme or root of time, these 70. weekes or 490. yeares must be current, is a thing much perplexed and involved. 2. A canon, rule, or precept. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > regulation > a regulation or rule lawa1225 precepta1325 line1340 observancea1382 rulea1387 reglec1475 regimentc1485 reuglec1485 instruction1526 maxima1564 maxim1578 preception1620 reglement1622 positure1624 gnomon1627 regulationa1640 parapegm1646 rubric1891 reg1904 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xiii. 222 Our forefathers..set them downe in their Parapegmes, that is, certaine Astronomicall Canons. 3. = parapegma n. 2.At quot. 1755 Johnson cites E. Phillips New World of Words, at Parapegmata. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] > specific calendars Gregorian Calendarc1275 Julian Calendarc1275 fastia1387 almanacc1392 prognostication1486 shepherd's calendar1506 ephemeris1559 perpetual almanac?1566 perpetual calendar1577 ephemeris1647 primstaff1662 rim-stock1662 parapegma1671 Poor Robin1708 menologium1709 menologion1727 rune-staff1753 Liberian Calendar1754 parapegm1755 timetable1758 prognosticator1779 Hindu calendar1795 Moore's Almanac1806 Moorea1821 numeral1853 Advent calendar1867 paddywhack almanac1875 paddy1876 Islamic calendar1912 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Parapegm, a brazen table fixed to a pillar, on which laws and proclamations were anciently engraved: also a table set up publickly, containing an account of the rising and setting of the stars, eclipses of the sun and moon, the seasons of the year, &c. 1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 187 Thus the heliacal rising of Arcturus was a sign, in all the ancient parapegms, that the stormy season was at hand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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