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prosopography

Definition of prosopography

noun (plural prosopographies)

  • a description of a person’s appearance, personality, career, etc., or a collection of such descriptions: Genet’s prosopography of the members of the University of Paris in the Middle Ages
  • [mass noun] the study of prosopographies, especially as an aspect of the study of Roman history.

Derivatives

prosopographer

noun

prosopographical

Pronunciation: /-pəˈgrafɪk(ə)l/
adjective

Origin:

1920s: from modern Latin prosopographia, from Greek prosōpon 'face, person' + -graphia 'writing'

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Definition of prosopography in the US English dictionary
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