Definition of prosopography in English:

prosopography

nounPlural prosopographies ˌprɒsə(ʊ)ˈpɒɡrəfiˌpräsəˈpäɡrəfē

1A description of a person's appearance, personality, career, etc., or a collection of such descriptions.
（关于外貌、性格、社会和家庭关系、事业等的）人物写真，人物描绘
Genet's prosopography of the members of the University of Paris in the Middle Ages
Example sentencesExamples
- This is a miniature prosopography, exploring the ‘cultural, religious and social characteristics of machine builders’.
- The prosopography continues with a self-contained and disproportionately long multigenerational family history of the Zudendorp clan, complete with discussion of its historiography.
- On the broadest construal, this would issue in a comprehensive prosopography of everyone who had ever lived in a given territory (and of a good many who lived outside it).
- His book examines the society's first century via a prosopography of its 255 members.
- The work then presents an equally detailed prosopography of the families that kept said taverns.
1. 1.1mass noun The study of prosopographies, especially as an aspect of the study of Roman history.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Putting aside the opening and closing pages, the study would seem a quite readable effort in political prosopography.

Derivatives

prosopographer

noun

prosopographic

adjective -pəˈɡrafɪk

prosopographical

adjective ˌprəʊsəpəˈɡrafɪk(ə)l

A bold, brilliant work, it transformed classical studies by applying prosopographical techniques (looking at the group biographies of Roman senators) to the politics of early Rome.
Example sentencesExamples
- The author's conclusions regarding social, economic, and legal integration rest entirely on detailed prosopographical sketches of a limited number of apparently representative families.
- Recent conferences have been increasingly global from a prosopographical perspective, as well as from a thematic one.
- From a prosopographical viewpoint, the inclusion of the descendants of Augustus's granddaughter Julia, the earlier wives of the emperor Claudius and their immediate lineage, as well as the lineage of Poppaea would have been useful.

Origin

1920s: from modern Latin prosopographia, from Greek prosōpon 'face, person' + -graphia 'writing'.

Definition of prosopography in US English:

prosopography

nounˌpräsəˈpäɡrəfē

1A description of a person's social and family connections, career, etc., or a collection of such descriptions.
（关于外貌、性格、社会和家庭关系、事业等的）人物写真，人物描绘
Genet's prosopography of the members of the University of Paris in the Middle Ages
Example sentencesExamples
- On the broadest construal, this would issue in a comprehensive prosopography of everyone who had ever lived in a given territory (and of a good many who lived outside it).
- The work then presents an equally detailed prosopography of the families that kept said taverns.
- His book examines the society's first century via a prosopography of its 255 members.
- This is a miniature prosopography, exploring the ‘cultural, religious and social characteristics of machine builders’.
- The prosopography continues with a self-contained and disproportionately long multigenerational family history of the Zudendorp clan, complete with discussion of its historiography.
1. 1.1 The study of prosopography, especially in Roman history.
  （尤指罗马历史中的）人物写真研究
  Example sentencesExamples
  Putting aside the opening and closing pages, the study would seem a quite readable effort in political prosopography.

Origin

1920s: from modern Latin prosopographia, from Greek prosōpon ‘face, person’ + -graphia ‘writing’.

单词	prosopography
释义	Definition of prosopography in English: prosopography nounPlural prosopographies ˌprɒsə(ʊ)ˈpɒɡrəfiˌpräsəˈpäɡrəfē 1A description of a person's appearance, personality, career, etc., or a collection of such descriptions. （关于外貌、性格、社会和家庭关系、事业等的）人物写真，人物描绘 Genet's prosopography of the members of the University of Paris in the Middle Ages Example sentencesExamples This is a miniature prosopography, exploring the ‘cultural, religious and social characteristics of machine builders’. The prosopography continues with a self-contained and disproportionately long multigenerational family history of the Zudendorp clan, complete with discussion of its historiography. On the broadest construal, this would issue in a comprehensive prosopography of everyone who had ever lived in a given territory (and of a good many who lived outside it). His book examines the society's first century via a prosopography of its 255 members. The work then presents an equally detailed prosopography of the families that kept said taverns. 1.1mass noun The study of prosopographies, especially as an aspect of the study of Roman history. Example sentencesExamples Putting aside the opening and closing pages, the study would seem a quite readable effort in political prosopography. Derivatives prosopographer noun prosopographic adjective -pəˈɡrafɪk prosopographical adjective ˌprəʊsəpəˈɡrafɪk(ə)l A bold, brilliant work, it transformed classical studies by applying prosopographical techniques (looking at the group biographies of Roman senators) to the politics of early Rome. Example sentencesExamples The author's conclusions regarding social, economic, and legal integration rest entirely on detailed prosopographical sketches of a limited number of apparently representative families. Recent conferences have been increasingly global from a prosopographical perspective, as well as from a thematic one. From a prosopographical viewpoint, the inclusion of the descendants of Augustus's granddaughter Julia, the earlier wives of the emperor Claudius and their immediate lineage, as well as the lineage of Poppaea would have been useful. Origin 1920s: from modern Latin prosopographia, from Greek prosōpon 'face, person' + -graphia 'writing'. Definition of prosopography in US English: prosopography nounˌpräsəˈpäɡrəfē 1A description of a person's social and family connections, career, etc., or a collection of such descriptions. （关于外貌、性格、社会和家庭关系、事业等的）人物写真，人物描绘 Genet's prosopography of the members of the University of Paris in the Middle Ages Example sentencesExamples On the broadest construal, this would issue in a comprehensive prosopography of everyone who had ever lived in a given territory (and of a good many who lived outside it). The work then presents an equally detailed prosopography of the families that kept said taverns. His book examines the society's first century via a prosopography of its 255 members. This is a miniature prosopography, exploring the ‘cultural, religious and social characteristics of machine builders’. The prosopography continues with a self-contained and disproportionately long multigenerational family history of the Zudendorp clan, complete with discussion of its historiography. 1.1 The study of prosopography, especially in Roman history. （尤指罗马历史中的）人物写真研究 Example sentencesExamples Putting aside the opening and closing pages, the study would seem a quite readable effort in political prosopography. Origin 1920s: from modern Latin prosopographia, from Greek prosōpon ‘face, person’ + -graphia ‘writing’.
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