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Definition of: frontispiece
(frun′tis·pēs′, fron′-) noun
1. An illustration in the front of a book.
2. An ornamental front; a façade. [Earlier frontispice <F <Med. L frontispicium face <L frons, frontis forehead + specere look at; infl. in form by piece]
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