Epitaphology
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Epitaphology is a noun meaning The study of epitaphs.
Meaning
The study of epitaphs.
Example Sentences
Flattering epitaphology, though Drydens composed it, and polished Aberdeen granite, though Angelos chiseled it, could never atone for unkindnesses to the living.
In the field of epitaphology, Dr. Johnson opens his essay on the subject by adhering to the familiar topos of claiming new territory for critical exploration:[…]
At least consider what you’d write in your own will, or on your own stone. It could happen, after all, in 50 year, as your hour draws near, there’ll be a sociological sub-section – epitaphology – the study of your documented life: socio-ethical values decipherable in your tombstone script – and whether you deserve burial in a cemetery, in this enormous bibliographical bastion, or back behind the dam, as soulless pagans were.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include epigraphology, epigraphics, epistology, epistolography, epigraphy, taphology.
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