Main Entry: pros·o·pog·ra·phy

Pronunciation: \ˌprä-sə-ˈpä-grə-fē\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin prosopographia, from Greek prosōpon person + -graphia -graphy

Date: 1929

: a study that identifies and relates a group of persons or characters within a particular historical or literary context

— pros·o·po·graph·i·cal \-pə-ˈgra-fi-kəl\ adjective