D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Epigraph

· Ep·i·graph · IPA /ˈɛpɪˌɡɹæf/
01 n. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.
  1. 1.
    Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.
  2. 2.
    A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto.(Literature)