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EPIGRAPHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epigraphy mean?
• EPIGRAPHY (noun)
The noun EPIGRAPHY has 1 sense:
1. the study of ancient inscriptions
Familiarity information: EPIGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of ancient inscriptions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("epigraphy" is a kind of...):
paleography (the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them))
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