parchment
/ˈpɑrtʃmənt/
noun
- A stiff, flat material made from animal skin, used in the past for writing on, or a modern paper that looks like it.
- She bought parchment paper to use for baking cookies.
- Medieval scribes wrote on parchment made from sheepskin.
- The old map was drawn on a piece of parchment.
- A document written on such material.
- Historians studied the parchment to learn about life in the 14th century.
- The museum displayed an ancient parchment with Latin text.
- The king's decree was recorded on a royal parchment.
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