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Meaning of PARALIPOMENON

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Par`a*li*pom"e*non\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr.
paraleipome`nwn of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter
genitive plural) fr. ? to omit.]
A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles.
Note: 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.
 
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