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Epigraph : (noun)
1: a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing
2: an engraved inscription
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Epigraph : \Ep"i*graph\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. ['e]pigraphe.
See Epigram.]
1. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which
has to do with the building itself, its founding or
dedication.
2. (Literature) A citation from some author, or a sentence
framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work
or of its separate divisions; a motto.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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