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Definition of Parergon
1. n. See Parergy.
Definition of Parergon
1. Noun. A piece of work that is supplementary to or a byproduct of a larger work. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parergon
1. a composition derived from a larger work [n -GA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parergon
Literary usage of Parergon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church Cyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Church Doctrine, History by Angelo Ames Benton (1883)
"... parergon Juris Canonici Angli cani,' or, a Commentary by way of Supplement to
the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England,—a valuable work, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1870)
"On the reverse of the 5th 1,, " parergon de authore et occasione hujus historian."
The fifth paragraph of this last piece (which is a " monitum " on the ..."
3. Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson (1874)
"Notitia ; see parergon as above, p. 61'.— The same writer says that ... parergon,
ibid. p. 60, 51.—For a notice of the above manuscript I am indebted to th« ..."
4. A Concise Law Dictionary by Herbert Newman Mozley, George Crispe Whiteley (1876)
"parergon. A supplement or appendix; a name especially applied to a work in great
... The full name of this work is •' parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani " (A ..."
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