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/ˈfɹʌn.tɪsˌpiːs/ · noun
(publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine..
The viaduct was illustrated as a frontispiece to THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE of September, 1938. [In this case, the frontispiece is between the title page and the first article.]
He carries on his frontispiece the indubitable marks of a money-dealer. His is one of those peculiar faces […]
The novel was frontispieced with a portrait of the author.
Use frontispiece when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Frontispiece means (publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The viaduct was illustrated as a frontispiece to THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE of September, 1938. [In this case, the frontispiece is between the title page and the first article.]
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