#424 epitaph

epitaph- a commemorative inscription on a tombstone or monument; a speech or written passage composed in commemoration of a dead person; a final judgement on a person or thing

C14 via Latin from Greek epitaphios over a tomb

An epitaph is the inscription found on a tombstone that summarizes and memorializes the deceased.

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