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Chronogram
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The record or inscription made by a chronograph.
(2):
(n.) An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.- the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Chronogram'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/chronogram.html. 1828.