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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prosopography /ˌprɒsə(ʊ)ˈpɒgrəfi/

▶noun (pl. prosopographies) a description of a person's appearance, personality, career, etc., or a collection of such descriptions.

■ the study of such descriptions, especially in Roman history.

– derivatives
prosopographer noun,
prosopographical /-pəˈgrafɪk(ə)l/ adjective.

– origin 1920s: from mod. L. prosopographia, from Gk prosōpon ‘face, person’ + -graphia ‘writing’.

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