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prosopography
[ pros-uh-pog-ruh-fee ]
noun
plural prosopographies.
- a study of a collection of persons or characters, especially their appearances, careers, personalities, etc., within a historical, literary, or social context.
- a description of a person's appearance, career, personality, etc.
prosopography
/ ˌprɒsəpəˈɡræfɪkəl; ˌprɒsəˈpɒɡrəfɪ /
noun
- a description of a person's life and career
- the study of such descriptions as part of history, esp Roman history
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Derived Forms
- prosopographical, adjective
- ˌDzDZˈ, adverb
- ˌDzˈDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- Dzo·Dz۲· noun
- Dz····· [pros-oh-p, uh, -, graf, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prosopography1
C16: from New Latin prosopographia, from Greek DzōDz face, person + -graphy
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Example Sentences
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The new database is part of PASE, the snappily titled Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, a decade-long academic compilation of all the Anglo-Saxons for whom any records survive, which already includes almost 20,000 individuals, just under 1,000 of them women.
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V.—I pardon this epitrope, but pray use less metaphor and more litotes in the prosopography you dedicate to my modest entity— J.—What will you?
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