0 something written or said about a dead person, especially something written on a tombstone -- epitaf
a fitting epitaph.
Several epitaphs from the past have been preserved in the cathedral.
There are tombstones and epitaphs built into the church walls and the wall around the church and the cemetery.
Most are constructed in marble and are decorated with reliefs and epitaphs showing the names and professions of the deceased and extolling their good deeds.
He spends most of his time barefoot on the red dirt and has a hobby of tracing the epitaphs on headstones.
A number of carved wooden epitaphs belonging to various aristocratic families adorn the walls of the church.
Their characteristic features were realism, variety of colour and rich symbolism (epitaphs, coats of arms, military accessories).
She has published three collections of verse and a novel, as well as editing a biography and compiling a collection of satirical epitaphs.
A program that looks at interesting epitaphs and the stories behind them.
