fron|tis|piece

fron|tis|piece
fron|tis|piece «FRUHN tihs PEES, FRON-», noun, verb, -pieced, -piec|ing.
–n.
1. a picture facing the title page of a book or of a division of a book.
2. Architecture. a) the main part or the decorated entrance of a building. b) a pediment over a door, window, gate, or vent.
3. Obsolete. the title page or first page of a book.
–v.t.
1. to furnish (a book) with a frontispiece.
2. to represent on a frontispiece.
3. to provide as a frontispiece.
╂[< French frontispice front of a building < Late Latin frontispicium (literally) looking at the forehead < Latin frōns, frontis forehead + specere look]

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