Definition of "superscription" [su•per•scrip•tion]

• Something written above or outside something else. (noun)
• The act of superscribing. (noun)
• The part of a prescription that bears the Latin word recipe represented by the symbol ℞. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The title superscription of this psalm is: "When his land was restored to him.""
• "It was directed to Philip Pip, Esquire, and on the top of the superscription were the words, “PLEASE READ THIS, HERE.”"
• ""Page 273, volume 105," said I, interrupting him; for I suddenly recalled the superscription on the warranty deed."