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eschatocol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
es-cha-to-col
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

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

The concluding section of a liturgical preface, following the embolism.

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ἔσχατοκολλον

Inflected Forms

eschatocols (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

protocol

Questions

What does eschatocol mean?
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.
Where does eschatocol come from?
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ἔσχατοκολλον (éskhatokollon, “last sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from ἔσχατον (éskhaton) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).

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