epigraph
an inscription, especially on a building, statue, or the like.
an apposite quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc.
Origin of epigraph
1Words that may be confused with epigraph
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How to use epigraph in a sentence
Richie Havens, 72 Who opened Woodstock, and thus became the epigraph to the ultimate document of the 1960s?
The Deaths You Missed This Year | Malcolm Jones, Jimmy So, Michael Moynihan, Caitlin Dickson | December 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe author quotes Shelby Foote for the epigraph: “Southerners are very strange about that war.”
But the presidential narrator—and perhaps Giscard himself—reply in the epigraph: “Promise kept.”
The verse you chose as an epigraph is altogether beneath criticism.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyIt bears this epigraph, "Ecce Ego admirationem faciam populo huic, miraculo grandi et stupendo."
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Isaac D'Israeli
Fortunately they possessed Dumouchel's work on mnemonics, a duodecimo in boards with this epigraph: "To instruct while amusing."
Bouvard and Pcuchet | Gustave FlaubertWhen there is no epigraph upon which to depend the most skilful archæologist may here make mistakes.
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2) | Georges PerrotA fact that is of botanic interest is to be met with here in the epigraph below the organ to Francesco Calceolari.
The Story of Verona | Alethea Wiel
British Dictionary definitions for epigraph
/ (ˈɛpɪˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /
a quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc, suggesting its theme
an inscription on a monument or building
Origin of epigraph
1Derived forms of epigraph
- epigraphic (ˌɛpɪˈɡræfɪk) or epigraphical, adjective
- epigraphically, adverb
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