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epigraphy

[ ih-pig-ruh-fee ]

noun

  1. the study or science of epigraphs or inscriptions, especially of ancient inscriptions.
  2. inscriptions collectively.


epigraphy

/ ɪˈ±èɪɡ°ùÉ™´Úɪ /

noun

  1. the study of ancient inscriptions
  2. epigraphs collectively
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Derived Forms

  • ±ðˈ±è¾±²µ°ù²¹±è³ó¾±²õ³Ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð·±è¾±²µî€¼Û²¹Â·±è³ó¾±²õ³Ù ±ð·±è¾±²µî€¼Û²¹Â·±è³ó±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of epigraphy1

First recorded in 1850–55; epigraph + -y 3
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Example Sentences

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Further classes include concentration in Roman epigraphy and history.

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A celebrated inscription graven on the rocky face of one of the mountain peaks of Ho-nan passes for contemporaneous with these works, and is consequently the most ancient specimen of Chinese epigraphy extant.

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The literature which deals with the science of epigraphy is very large.

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But epigraphy tells us more than literary history of the charity of the emperors.

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He made epigraphy his particular theme, and at the age of twenty-three became a professor of rhetoric at Angoul�me, where he lived and worked for ten years without further ambition.

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