Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FRONT'IS-PIECE
FRONT'IS-PIECE, n. [L. frontispicium; frons and specio, to view.]
- In architecture, the principal face of a building; the face that directly presents itself to the eye.
- An ornamental figure or engraving fronting the first page of a book, or at the beginning.
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