epigraphy

[ih-pig-ruh-fee]

noun

1. the study or science of epigraphs or inscriptions, especially of ancient inscriptions.

2. inscriptions collectively.

epigraphy

/ ɪˈpɪɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. the study of ancient inscriptions

2. epigraphs collectively

Other Word Forms

• epigraphist noun
• epigrapher noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of epigraphy¹

First recorded in 1850–55; epigraph + -y ³

Example Sentences

Further classes include concentration in Roman epigraphy and history.

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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.

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The literature which deals with the science of epigraphy is very large.

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But epigraphy tells us more than literary history of the charity of the emperors.

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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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