Epitaphology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of epitaphs. uncountable

    "Flattering epitaphology, though Drydens composed it, and polished Aberdeen granite, though Angelos chiseled it, could never atone for unkindnesses to the living."

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"Flattering epitaphology, though Drydens composed it, and polished Aberdeen granite, though Angelos chiseled it, could never atone for unkindnesses to the living."

Etymology

From epitaph + -ology.

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