epitaph
noun
a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
epitaphic
-
a word derived from
epitaph.
Example Sentences
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There are good reasons to be sceptical of the epitaphic impulse to declare “the end of nature”.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2016
That night is speeding on to greet Your epitaphic rhyme.
From Rhymes of a Rolling Stone by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
If the epitaphic form gave added novelty I must confess that the idea was suggested to me by the Greek Anthology.
From Toward the Gulf by Edgar Lee Masters
At every turn of the leaves, paragons of filial piety shame the youthful reader to the pitch of emulation by the epitaphic records of their deeds.
From The Soul of the Far East by Percival Lowell
