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epigraphy
[ ih-pig-ruh-fee ]
noun
- the study or science of epigraphs or inscriptions, especially of ancient inscriptions.
- inscriptions collectively.
epigraphy
/ ɪˈɪɡəɪ /
noun
- the study of ancient inscriptions
- epigraphs collectively
Derived Forms
- ˈ辱, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·辱۲· ·辱۲· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of epigraphy1
Example Sentences
Further classes include concentration in Roman epigraphy and history.
A celebrated inscription graven on the rocky face of one of the mountain peaks of Ho-nan passes for contemporaneous with these works, and is consequently the most ancient specimen of Chinese epigraphy extant.
The literature which deals with the science of epigraphy is very large.
But epigraphy tells us more than literary history of the charity of the emperors.
He made epigraphy his particular theme, and at the age of twenty-three became a professor of rhetoric at Angoul�me, where he lived and worked for ten years without further ambition.
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