catchword entry

noun

variants or catchword title

1

: a title entry (as of a book) in a catalog, list, or index beginning with a significant or an easily remembered word in the title

"Architecture, A history of" is a catchword entry

2

: the method of entry in a catalog, list, or index that uses catchword entries

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