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Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.

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  1. n. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.
  2. n. A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto.
  3. n. a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing
  4. n. an engraved inscription
  5. 1. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication. 2. (Literature) A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto.
  6. A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for thepurpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separatedivisions; a motto.
  7. n:100 n. a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing n. an engraved inscription