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PREFERRED TERM
Inscription  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Latin "inscriptiōn-em", meaning to inscribe. A piece of writing or lettering upon something; a set of characters or words written, engraved, or otherwise traced upon a surface; esp. a legend, description, or record traced upon some hard substance for the sake of durability, as on a monument, building, stone, tablet, medal, coin, vase, etc.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
  • inscriptions
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Inscription (motif)

French

Iscrizióne

Italian

Inscripción

Spanish

inscripciones
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/758
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