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- noun Plural form of
chronogram .
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Examples
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420 The Hebrew absey, still used by Moslems in chronograms.
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It is supposed to date from after the beginning of the Christian era, when the Himyaritic form fell into disuse, and it is now used in chronograms only.
The Land of Midian 2003
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In those days prophecies, chronograms, and charms flew like pigeons from the banks of the Loire and spread abroad throughout the realm.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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It is supposed to date from after the beginning of the Christian era, when the Himyaritic form fell into disuse, and it is now used in chronograms only.
The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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-- Perhaps the most extraordinary instance to be found in reference to chronograms is the following:
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But the looser character of the _chronograms_, and the disorder in which they are found, are ingeniously sung thus: --
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
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_Acrostics_ are formed from the initial letters of every verse; but a different conceit regulated _chronograms_, which were used to describe
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
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There were behind the acrostics two or three files of chronograms, which differed only from the former as their officers were equipped, like the figure of Time, with an hour-glass in one hand, and a scythe in the other, and took their posts promiscuously among the private men whom they commanded.
Essays and Tales Joseph Addison 1695
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For the custom of noting the date of a great event by chronograms, see "N. & Q.,
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