epigraph

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  1. noun An inscription, as on a statue or building.
  2. noun A motto or quotation, as at the beginning of a literary composition, setting forth a theme.

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  • Each chapter begins with an epigraph, a fragment of verse or prayer or chronicle that sheds a little light on the societies that are mixing and clashing up on stage. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 01 - January 2001
  • Here, the epigraph is from T E. Lawrence: "I am still puzzled as to how far the individual counts." —  Omni: November 1993
  • A culinary mystery .. don't ask me why, but I'm reading these as I find them .. fun, and food a part of the mystery tale .. a great opening epigraph: "We think our castles of sand are the ramparts of the universe." —  DrWeb's Domain
  • Taken from Book III of Cicero's De Legibus ( 'On the Laws'), and also the motto of Salford and Lewisham (both in the UK), and used by John Locke as the epigraph in his —  WordPress.com Top Blogs
  • This casual aside could easily serve as the epigraph of Cynthia Ozick's superb new collection —  The Elegant Variation
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  1. Greek epigraphē, from epigraphein, to write on; see epigram.

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  1. = French épigraphe = Spanish epígrafe = Portuguese epigraphe = Italian epigrafe, from New Latin epigraphe, from Greek ἐπιγραφή, an inscription, from ἐπιγράφειν, write upon, inscribe, from ἐπί, upon, + γράφειν, write. Cf. epigram.
  2. from epigraph, n.
 

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