Both Uses of
epitaph
in
John Adams, by McCullough
- Unlike Jefferson, Adams had not composed his own epitaph.†
Subsection 3.12.5 *epitaph = a short text in memory of a dead person
- It could have been his epitaph.†
Subsection 3.12.5
Definition:
a short text in memory of a dead person -- especially text written on a tombstone