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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing;

2. an engraved inscription; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Epigraph \Ep"i*graph\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. ['e]pigraphe.
   See Epigram.]
   1. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which
      has to do with the building itself, its founding or
      dedication.
      [1913 Webster]

   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. Epigraphic


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

epigraph
    n 1: a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing
    2: an engraved inscription