Definitions for Charta

Charta char·ta

Spelling: [kahr-tuh]
IPA: /ˈkɑr tə/

Charta is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in Charta (aachrt).

Definitions for Charta

noun

  1. a strip of paper that is impregnated with a medicinal substance, for external application.
  2. Also called chartula, powder paper. a paper folded so as to form a packet for a powdered medicament.

Origin of Charta

before 1000; Old English, for earlier sense of “letter, document” Medieval Latin; New Latin, Latin: sheet of paper, document Greek chártēs papyrus leaf, sheet of paper, literally, something t

Examples for Charta

The volcanic eruption can be avoided by a roll of paper inscribed with the single word 'charta'!

Shake hands—ever since the charta forest; shake hands again.

King John's barons were never better pleased with their charta than I am with this letter.

charta exploratoria, L. Under this head may be conveniently included all the varieties of prepared paper employed in testing.

In Damascus this manufacture was an important branch of industry, for which reason it was called charta Damascena.

The Greeks called it charta Damascena, having been manufactured or sold in the city of Damascus.

The charta Charitatis seems a spiritual mirror of the feudal system.

Hence it was called charta bombycina or Damascena, or, from its silky texture, charta serica.

Map from Mappa, meaning cloth, and chart from charta, meaning parchment.

In medival times paper was known as charta bombycina, and sometimes as charta Damascena, the latter from its place of origin.

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