An epitaph is a short phrase that honors a deceased person, usually inscribed on a tombstone. The English word epitaph is derived from the Greek epitaphios, which translates literally as on or at (epi) the grave (taphos). In its verbal form, the word refers to the performance of rituals at a grave and the meaning developed to refer ...

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