inscription
IPA: ɪnskrˈɪpʃʌn
noun
- The act of inscribing.
- Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone.
- The text on a coin.
- Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
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Examples of "inscription" in Sentences
- This inscription is written at the bottom of the large stone block.
- The main inscription on the reverse side of all three "Swedish" Nobel
- Below this inscription is a further one, of which we again quote Mr. Fyfe's translation:
- But Tholuck … shows that the meaning of this inscription is wholly different from that of the name Jahveh.
- The inscription is the same on all three medals: "Inventas vitam juvat excoluisse per artes" (loosely translated, "And they who bettered life on earth by new found mastery.")
- Although Sarah had not been particularly religious, she had her own variety of reverence for a Celtic cross with a Latin inscription, "Ibit amor, ubit fides," meaning, Where there is love, there is faith.
- I love a book's unique heft in my hands, the creased corners that once held my place or marked a passage another reader found particularly notable, perhaps an inscription from a beloved author or an ancestor's fading "ex libris", the weight of the paper and the scent of ink and dust.
- Auschwitz theft suspect extradited 'this week' (7 Apr 10) Högström has denied plotting to steal the sign -- whose German inscription translates as "Work Will Set You Free" -- Boguslawa Marcinkowska, spokeswoman for prosecutors in Krakow, southern Poland, said without giving further details.
- While all this discussion was going on, a new letter and new photographs popped into the Guardian's letters editor's inbox: Robert Harrison and his son, having seen the article, had taken the matter into their own hands, gone down to Wadhurst and tidied up the grave on their own initiative: cut the grass, planted cyclamens, and cleaned the gravestone so that its inscription is once more visible.
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