OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1525

epitaph

/ˈɛp.ɪˌtɑːf/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
epitafio
An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
Ayot St Lawrence's most famous inhabitant, George Bernard Shaw, moved into the New Rectory in 1906 because, it is said, of a gravestone epitaph in the churchyard. This recorded the…
The church itself, or at all events the squat and tiny tower, has not altered much since Lamb saw it. But the epitaphs have gone. Search among the ivies and yews of the shady littl…
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