What does epitaphology mean?
Epitaphology means The study of epitaphs..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The study of epitaphs..
Flattering epitaphology, though Drydens composed it, and polished Aberdeen granite, though Angelos chiseled it, could never atone for unkindnesses to the living.
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.
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:[…]
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Epitaphology means The study of epitaphs..
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Flattering epitaphology, though Drydens composed it, and polished Aberdeen granite, though Angelos chiseled it, could never atone for unkindnesses to the living.
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