1) Acknowledgement of death 2) Closing statement 3) Eulogizing inscription 4) French word used in English 5) German progressive rock group 6) Gravestone inscription 7) Graveyard passage 8) Headstone inscription 9) Here lies statement 10) Inscription 11) Inscription in memoriam 12) Inscription on tomb
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An epitaph (from Greek ἐπιτάφιος epitaphios `a funeral oration` from ἐπί epi `at, over` and τάφος taphos `tomb`) is a short text honoring a deceased person, strictly speaking that is inscribed on their tombstone or plaque, but also used figuratively. Some are specified by the dead person beforehand, others chosen by those ...
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a burial inscription, often in verse. Philip Reder's Epitaphs (London: Michael Joseph, 1969) collected authentic examples, largely from British gravestones. Here are two: Here lies Robert Wallis, Clerk of All Hallows, King o...
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• (n.) A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: `Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis.` • (v. t.) To commemorate by an epitaph. • (v. i.) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. • (n.) An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of ...
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(from the article `jazz`) ...Fables of Faubus (1959), and Peggy`s Blue Skylight (1961) to the monumental two-and-a-half-hour, posthumously premiered Epitaph. Accumulated ...
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an inscription in verse or prose upon a tomb; and, by extension, anything written as if to be inscribed on a tomb. Probably the earliest surviving ... [1 related articles]
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Not to be confused with epithet or epigram, an epitaph refers literally to an inscription carved on
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A burial inscription, often in verse. Philip reder's epitaphs (london
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Ep'i·taph intransitive verb To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [ R.] « The common in their speeches
epitaph upon him . . . 'He lived as a wolf and died as a dog.'»
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Ep'i·taph noun [ French
épitaphe , Latin
epitaphium a funeral oration, from Greek ..., orig. an adj., over or at a tomb;
'epi` upon + ... tomb. Confer
Cenotaph .]
1. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there...
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Ep'i·taph transitive verb To commemorate by an epitaph. [ R.] « Let me be
epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.»
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A short poem written to be carved on a gravestone. W.B.Yeats wrote his own epitaph e.g.
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!
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An epitaph is a short composition in verse or prose, nominally for the tomb of a deceased person or monument in honour or memory of the dead, and generally setting forth his or her virtues and the survivors' regrets. Epitaphs were in use both among the Greeks and Romans. The Greeks distinguished by epitaphs only their illustrious men. Among the Rom...
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[
n] - a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person 2. [n] - an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
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epitaph (EP i taf') 1. An inscription on a tombstone or monument commemorating the person buried there; occasionally, a brief composition characterizing a deceased person, and expressed as if intended to be inscribed on his tombstone. 2. A short speech or piece of writing celebrating the life of a recently deceased person. 3. A short compo...
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An epitaph is a short statement about a deceased person, often carved on his/her tombstone. Epitaphs can be poetic, sometimes written by poets or authors themselves before dying.
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engraved wording on a tombstone. May be selected by the deceased or his/her family. Some will choose extracts from the Bible or from literature; others will compose their own epitaph.
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noun an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
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Inscription on a tomb, or a short tribute to a dead person
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a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site. · a brief poem or other writing in praise of a deceased person.
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