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eschatocol

eschatocol noun: the final section of a document, often involving a formulaic close (e.g. “Yours faithfully”), the date and location of writing, and information on the document's originators e.g. author, counter-signer, witnesses present, etc.

Noun

eschatocol (plural eschatocols)

  1. The final section of a document, often involving a formulaic close (e.g. “Yours faithfully”), the date and location of writing, and information on the document's originators e.g. author, counter-signer, witnesses present, etc.
  2. The concluding section of a liturgical preface, following the embolism.

Forms of eschatocol

pluraleschatocols

Origin of eschatocol

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἔσχατοκολλον (éskhatokollon, “last sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from ἔσχατον (éskhaton) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).

Questions about eschatocol

What does eschatocol mean?
Eschatocol means the final section of a document, often involving a formulaic close (e.g. “Yours faithfully”), the date and location of writing, and information on the document's originators e.g. author, counter-signer, witnesses present, etc.
What part of speech is eschatocol?
Eschatocol is a noun.
What is the plural of eschatocol?
The plural of eschatocol is eschatocols.

Words near eschatocol in the dictionary

  1. escharotomies
  2. escharotomy
  3. escharred
  4. eschars
  5. eschata
  6. eschatocol
  7. eschatocols
  8. eschatologic
  9. eschatological
  10. eschatologically
  11. eschatologies

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