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Definition of Chronogram
1. n. An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs. - the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.
Definition of Chronogram
1. Noun. A sentence or inscription in which the capital letters, interpreted in Roman numerals, stand for a particular date if rearranged. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chronogram
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chronogram
Literary usage of Chronogram
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1892)
"follows a set of twenty-eight lines in Flemish, each being a chronogram of 1675.
... One poem consists of fourteen lines, yet it makes but one chronogram ..."
2. Chronograms: 5000 and More in Number, Excerpted Out of Various Authors and by James Hilton (1882)
"HE Jesuits were great chronogram makers, especially those who were established
in the ... The following is a list of some1 of their works with chronogram ..."
3. Chronograms Collected: More Than 4000 in Number, Since the Publication of by James Hilton (1895)
"The author proceeds to give a daily calendar of saints, with appropriate Latin
hexameter and pentameter verses in chronogram for each month of the year, ..."
4. Chronograms Collected: More Than 4000 in Number, Since the Publication of by James Hilton (1895)
"The author proceeds to give a daily calendar of saints, with appropriate Latin
hexameter and pentameter verses in chronogram for each month of the year, ..."
5. Researches on Irritability of Plants by Jagadis Chandra Bose (1913)
"... clockwork—The record its own chronogram—Smoked surface and its fixation—
Adjustments of the writer—Records with continuous and intermittent contacts . ..."
6. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"This, indeed, is a rare example of what is known as a perfect chronogram. ...
An even greater curiosity is this example, at once a chronogram and an ..."
7. Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1887)
"The intention of the chronogram-maker was to record dates, not to puzzle ...
In fact, a chronogram may be composed for any date, past, present, or future. ..."
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