a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.

a brief poem or other writing in praise of a deceased person.

to commemorate in or with an epitaph.

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commemoration , elegy , epigraph , eulogy , hic jacet , legend , memorial , monument , remembrance , requiescat in pace , sentimentnotes:an epitaph is an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there , while an epithet is a defamatory or abusive word or phrase , inscription