eschatocol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

eschatocol eschatocols

Etymology

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

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