From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishepigraphepi‧graph /ˈepɪɡrɑːf $ -ɡræf/ noun [countable] a short sentence written on a statue, or used as an introduction to a book
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epigraph• The text, quoted in the epigraph to this chapter, foresees the reestablishment of a renewed and glorious Jerusalem. 