prosopography

prosopography
prosopography [präs΄ə päg′rə fē]
n.
the study of careers, esp. of individuals linked by family, economic, social, or political relationships
prosopographical [präs΄ə pə graf′i kəl]
adj.

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pros·o·pog·ra·phy (prŏs'ə-pŏgʹrə-fē) n.
A study, often using statistics, that identifies and draws relationships between various characters or people within a specific historical, social, or literary context: “an authentic tour de force of historical writing: part intellectual history, part cultural history, part prosopography” (Josiah Bunting III).
  [Greek prosōpon, character (pros-, pros- + ōps, ōp-, face; See okʷ- + -graphy.]   pros'o·po·graphʹi·cal (-pə-grăfʹĭ-kəl) adj.

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