1. of or relating to prosopography; concerned with the study of individuals and their relationships, characteristics, and social networks, especially in historical contexts
Usage: academic; historical scholarship

Examples

• The historian used prosopographic methods to analyze the social connections among Roman senators.
• A prosopographic approach helped researchers identify patterns in medieval merchant families.
• The prosopographic database contained detailed information about hundreds of ancient officials.
• Her prosopographic study revealed how kinship networks influenced political power in the Renaissance.
• Prosopographic analysis is valuable for understanding the composition of elite groups in ancient societies.