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telestich
telestich (tɪ-, tɛˈlɛstɪk, ˈtɛlɪstɪk) [irreg. f. Gr. τέλος, τελε- end + στίχος a row, line of verse, after acrostic.] A short poem (or other composition) in which the final letters of the lines, taken in order, spell a word or words. (Cf. acrostic.)a 1637 B. Jonson Underwoods lxi. 39 Had I pump'd fo... Oxford English Dictionary
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Acrostic
When the last letter of each new line (or other recurring feature) forms a word it is called a telestich; the combination of an acrostic and a telestich The first letters make up the acrostic and the last letters the telestich; in this case they are identical. wikipedia.org
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acrostic
▪ I. acrostic, n. and a.1 (əˈkrɒstɪk) Also 6–8 acrostick(e, 7 achrostiche, acrostique, 7–8 acrostich. [ad. L. acrostichis, a. Gr. ἀκροστιχίς, f. ἄκρο- (see acro-) + στίχος a row, order, line of verse. Occurs in the L. form as late as 1642. The etymological spelling is acrostich, as in distich. Cf. F... Oxford English Dictionary
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Epistola ad Acircium
Contents The treatise opens with a verse praefatio ("preface") addressing 'Acircius', which is remarkably contrived, incorporating both an acrostic and a telestich wikipedia.org
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John the Old Saxon
930s into a manuscript of continental (north Frankish) origin which later moved to England, and has "ADALSTAN" as its acrostich and "IOHANNES" as its telestich wikipedia.org
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