paralipomenon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books of I Chronicles and II Chronicles which were regarded as supplementary to Kings

WordNet

Par`a*li*pom"e*non noun plural
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. paraleipome`nwn of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter genitive plural) fr. to omit.
Definitions
  1. A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles. ✍ In the Septuagint these books are called Paraleipome`nwn prw^ton and dey`teron, which is understood, after Jerome's explanation, as meaning that they are supplementary to the Books of Kings W. Smith.

Webster 1913