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parapegma (iou)



parapegma noun. . M17.
[Latin from Greek parapegma lit. 'thing fixed beside or near', formed as PARA-1 + pegma a thing fastened.]
Greek Antiquities. A tablet set up and inscribed with some public information or announcement, e.g. a law, proclamation, or calendar; a canon, a rule; a fixed date or epoch.