frontispiece
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
frontispiece /ˈfrʌntɪspiːs/
▶noun
- 1 an illustration facing the title page of a book.
- 2 Architecture the principal face of a building.
■ a decorated entrance.
■ a pediment over a door or window.
– origin C16: from Fr. frontispice or late L. frontispicium ‘facade’, from L. frons, front- ‘front’ + specere ‘to look’.
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