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inscription

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The act or process of inscribing.

That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.

A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle.

An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Source: Internet

According to a reconstructed inscription found on the site, "the emperor Vespasian ordered this new amphitheatre to be erected from his general's share of the booty." Source: Internet

According to popular description, an inscription above the shelves read: The place of the cure of the soul. Source: Internet

According to a now lost inscription the church had been commissioned by Guglielmo I of Adelardi (d. 1146). Source: Internet

A cult of Apollo Soranus is attested by one inscription found near Falerii. Source: Internet

According to an inscription found in the Santa Cruz church, its consecration took place in year 738 and was presided by a vates called Asterio. Source: Internet

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