Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHRON'O-GRAM
CHRON'IQUECHRON-O-GRAM-MAT'IC, or CHRON-O-GRAM-MAT'IC-AL
CHRON'O-GRAM, n. [Gr. χρονος, time, and γραμμα, a letter or writing, from γραφω, to write.]
An inscription in which a certain date or epoch is expressed by numeral letters; as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632. ChristVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.
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