ꝑ

character

Scribal abbreviation of ⟨par⟩.

“parliament → ꝑliament”

Meanings

character(Early Modern, siglum, rare)
  1. letterno pluralScribal abbreviation of ⟨par⟩.

    parliament → ꝑliament

    1 more example

    Over all this, hee ware a certeyne Mantell of like ſtuffe, made in ſuche maner, that coming vnder his righte arme, and covering moſte ꝑte of that ſyde, yt tuched not the lefte ſyde, […]

    The Old Arcadia

    Albert Feuillerat, editor (1926), “The First Book”, in The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia: Being the Original Version […] (Cambridge English Classics; The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; IV), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, →OCLC, pages 23–24
  2. letterno pluralScribal abbreviation of ⟨per⟩.

    The Emꝑouꝛ

    1522, portrait of Mary Tudor
    4 more examples

    ⸿Of folyſſhe exchanges ſcoꝛſyngꝭ ⁊ ꝑmutacions.

    1509 December 24 (Gregorian calendar), [Sebastian Brant], translated by Alexander Barclay, […] The Shyp of Folys of the Worlde […], London: […] Rycharde Pynson […], →OCLC, folio CLXXXVIII, recto; republished as The Shyp of Folys (The English Experience […]; 229), Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press, 1970, →ISBN

    ⸿Here begynneth a deuout treatyſe in Englyſſhe / called the Pylgrimage of perfection: very ꝓfitable foꝛ all chꝛiſten people to rede: and in eſpeciall / to all relygious ꝑſons moche neceſſary.

    1526, [William Bonde], […] [T]he Pylgrimage of Perfection: […], London: […] Richarde Pynson […], →OCLC, title page

    He that hathe not this fayth, is but an vnpꝛofytable babler of fayth and woꝛkes / and wotteth nother what he bableth noꝛ what he meaneth, oꝛ whereunto his woꝛdes ꝑtayne.

    1527, William Tyndale, The Parable of the Wycked Mammõ […], [London]: [s.n.], published [1537?], →OCLC, folio vii, verso

    [T]his effeminate love of a Woman, dothe ſo womaniſh a man, that, yf yow yeelde to yt, yt will not onely make yow a famous Amazon but a Launder, a Diſtaff ſpinner, or whatſoever other vyle occupacyon theyre Idle heades can Imagyn, and theyre weyke handes ꝑforme: […]

    The Old Arcadia

    Albert Feuillerat, editor (1926), “The First Book”, in The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia: Being the Original Version […] (Cambridge English Classics; The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; IV), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, →OCLC, page 17
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ꝑ. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%EA%9D%91

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“ꝑ.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%EA%9D%91. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ꝑ,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%EA%9D%91.

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