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frontis·piece (frunt′is pēs′)

noun

  1. Obsolete the first page, esp. the title page, of a book
  2. an illustration facing the title page of a book
  3. Archit.
    1. the main facade
    2. a pediment over a door, window, etc.

Etymology: OFr < LL frontispicium, front of a church, front view < L frons, front + specere, to look: see spy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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