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Definition of Epitaphial
1. a. Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.
Definition of Epitaphial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epitaphial
Literary usage of Epitaphial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1860)
"... epitaphial MEMORABILIA. THE erection of monuments with inscriptions was, from
the curliest times, connected in some undefined way with the doctrine of ..."
2. Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania by Thomas Smart Hughes (1820)
"Head of Jupiter Eleutherius, Marble Sarcophagi, Greek Paintings, epitaphial
Inscriptions, Monument of ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The arguments in favor of Latin were chiefly drawn from its inherent fitness for
epitaphial inscriptions and its classical stability. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"While Latin was the chief if cot the sole literary language, it was, as a matter
of course, almost exclusively used for epitaphial inscriptions. ..."
5. The Coming General Election: Hints to Electors in Regard to Ecclesiastical ...by Society for the Liberation of Religion from State Patronage and Control by Society for the Liberation of Religion from State Patronage and Control (1856)
"S. ANCIENT epitaphial RHYMES. Our old poets formerly penned quaint acrostics for
the most part in praise of the charms of some inexorably hard-hearted Chloe ..."
6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"epitaphial Lines on Interment of Princess Charlotte,' Lee Priory Press, 20 Nov.
1817, s. sh. Sir Egerton Brydges printed at this press in 1815 some verses ..."
7. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1888)
"... as the prescribed limits would admit of, to enumerate the several necessary
particulars, at least to preserve at same time the proper epitaphial form. ..."
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