Epigraph : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Epigraph	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Epigraph
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
epigraph n a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing an engraved inscription
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Epigraph \Ep"i*graph\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?]: cf. F. [82]pigraphe. See {Epigram}.] 1. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication. 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.