parch‧ment /ˈpɑːtʃmənt $ ˈpɑːr-/ noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: parchemin, from Latin pergamena, from Greek, from Pergamenos 'of Pergamum', ancient city in Turkey]

1. [uncountable] a material used in the past for writing on, made from the skin of a sheep or a goat

2. [uncountable] thick yellow-white writing paper, sometimes used for official documents

3. [countable] a document written on parchment

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