heading.
(Del gr. ?p???(af?, registration).
1. m. summary that often precede each of the chapters or other divisions of a scientific or literary work, or a speech or writing that does not have such divisions.
2. m. appointment or sentence which is often put at the head of a scientific or literary work or of each of its chapters or divisions of other class.
3. m. inscription in stone, metal, etc.
4. m. banner (? title).
