E*pis"to*lar (?), a. Epistolary. Dr. H. More.
E*pis"to*la*ry (?), a. [L. epistolaris, fr. epistola: cf. F. épistolaire.] 1. Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style.
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2. Contained in letters; carried on by letters. "Epistolary correspondence." Addison.
Ep`is*to"le*an (p`s*t"l*an), n. One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke.
E*pis"to*ler (*ps"t*lr), n. (Eccl.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
E*pis"to*let (-lt), n. A little epistle. Lamb.
{ Ep`is*tol"ic (?), Ep`is*tol"ic*al (?), } a. [L. epistolicus, Gr. &?;.] Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.
E*pis"to*lize (?), v. i. To write epistles.
E*pis"to*li`zer (?), n. A writer of epistles.
E*pis`to*lo*graph"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; : cf. F. épistolographique.] Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary.
Epistolographic character or mode of writing, the same as Demotic character. See under Demotic.
E*pis`to*log"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; epistle + -graphy: cf. F. épistolographie.] The art or practice of writing epistles.
{ ||E*pis"to*ma (?), Ep"i*stome (?), } n. [NL. epistoma, fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &?;, &?;, mouth.] (Zoöl.) (a) The region between the antennæ and the mouth, in Crustacea. (b) A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta.
||E*pis"tro*phe (?), n. [L., from Gr. &?; a turning toward, return, fr. &?; to turn toward; 'epi` upon, to + &?; to turn.] (Rhet.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I." 2 Cor. xi. 22.
Ep"i*style (?), n. [L. epistylium, Gr. &?;; 'epi` upon + &?; column: cf. F. épistyle.] (Anc. Arch.) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.
Ep`i*syl"lo*gism (?), n. [Pref. epi- + syllogism.] (Logic) A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism.
Ep"i*taph (?), n. [F. épitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. &?;, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi` upon + &?; tomb. Cf. Cenotaph.] 1. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.
Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb.
Shak.
2. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."