'Epigraph' definitions:

Definition of 'epigraph'

From: WordNet
noun
A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing
noun
An engraved inscription

Definition of 'Epigraph'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. Epigraphic

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