(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:48:12

Pa*rach"ro*nism (?), n. [Pref. para- + Gr. time: cf. F. parachronisme.]

An error in chronology, by which the date of an event is set later than the time of its occurrence.

[R.]

 

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