Q: Word for beginning-of-chapter quotations?

Thu Jan 11 21:26:13 UTC 2007

Yes, thanks.  OED2 sense 3.

At 1/11/2007 03:03 PM, Charles Doyle wrote:
>epigraph?
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>---- Original message ----
> >Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:52:37 -0500
> >From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
> >Subject: Re: Q: Word for beginning-of-chapter quotations?
> >To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> >
> >
> >I'm looking for the more-specific one that I think exists.
> >
> >At 1/11/2007 02:50 PM, you wrote:
> >>Joel S. Berson wrote:
> >>>What is the word for the usually-short quotations sometimes placed at
> >>>the beginning of chapters?  I've lost it.
> >>
> >>Epigram?
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