Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An inscription.
- noun In geom., a line or figure inscribed within another figure.
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Examples
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In other words, “Women and their bodies are the symbolic-cultural site upon which human societies inscript their moral order,” says political scientist and philosopher Seyla Benhabib.
Women’s Bodies as Symbols for Society’s Moral Order « Planning the Day 2009
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Enriched by years of absorption, with ideals defined and channels of expression traced, the soul faces an open door, bearing the inscript "Service."
The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training Antoinette Abernethy Lamoreaux
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And they that enter in by the first tower or mount (wherevppon is this tytle inscript ΔΟΞΑ ΚΟΣΜΙΚΗΩΣ ΠΟΜΦΟΛΥΣ).
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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Vnder which Hemiall figure, there was inscript this worde TEMPVS.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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On his left side he held a shield in fashion like to the keele of a ship, or the bone of a horse head, wherevppon was inscript in Hebrew,
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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BELLEY in Mém de l'Acad. des inscript. et belles-lettres (1780), XL,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Vocan (Vochan inscript.), I. xxviii; III. 108, 138 _sq.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896
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Christ; he is called [Greek: ho theos hæmôn] in Ephes. inscript.
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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[1001] Dittenberger, _Sylloge inscript. _ (ed. 2), 653, lines 34 foll.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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When the burning logs are kicked into a blaze; when by its light he reads Helen Armstrong's letter, and looks upon her photograph -- on that sweet inscript intended for himself -- he cries out in ecstasy, --
The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850
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