From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinscriptionin‧scrip‧tion /ɪnˈskrɪpʃən/ ●○○ noun [countable] WRITEa piece of writing inscribed on a stone, in the front of a book etc a Latin inscription on the memorial stone
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inscription• We read the inscriptions on the graves, and wondered what each of those lives had been like. 