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frontispiece

noun [C]
 
 
/ˈfrʌn.tɪ.spiːs/ US  /-t̬ɪ-/

Definition

the picture that faces the page of a book with the title on: A photograph of the author forms the frontispiece to the book.Books and parts of books
(Definition of frontispiece noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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