Superscription Definition

so͝opər-skrĭpshən
noun
Something written above or outside something else.
American Heritage
The act of superscribing.
Webster's New World
Something superscribed; esp., an address on a letter, etc.
Webster's New World
The Latin word recipe (meaning “take”) or its symbol, ℞, on a prescription.
Webster's New World

An editorial addition at the beginning, often indicating the authorship of a piece; compare colophon.

1911 By a pure error, or perhaps through a confusion in the traditions, Achish the Philistine (of Gath, 1 Sam. xxi., xxvii.), to whom David fled, is called Abimelech in the superscription to Psalm 34. "” Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Noun

Singular:
superscription
Plural:
superscriptions

Origin of Superscription

  • From Middle French superscription, or its source, Late Latin superscriptio, from superscribere.

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