chronostichonn.
/krɒˈnɒstɪkɒn/ (See quot.)
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the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [noun] > chronogram
chron-anagram1613
chronogram1623
eteosticha1637
chronograph1662
chronostichon1859
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > line > other types of line
underverse1579
recurrent1605
serpentine verse1605
acatalectic1611
rumbler1670
Pindaric1697
quadruped1800
octonarius1819
asynartete1830
pada1855
chronostichon1859
jingle-jangle1864
sevener1920
1859 Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. vii. 284 A chronosticon is properly a poetical line which by its letters, or some of them, indicates a date.
1882 J. Hilton Chronograms 23 A Chronostichon of the beheading of Charles on the 30th day of January.
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