epitaph (An inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there)

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• epitaph — noun Etymology: Middle English epitaphe, from Anglo French & Medieval Latin; Anglo French, from Medieval Latin epitaphium, from Latin, funeral oration, from Greek epitaphion, from epi + taphos tomb, funeral Date: 14th century 1. an inscription on …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Epitaph — Ep i*taph, n. [F. [ e]pitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; epi upon + ? tomb. Cf. {Cenotaph}.] 1. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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