uncial
Americanadjective
noun
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an uncial letter.
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uncial writing.
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a manuscript written in uncials.
adjective
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of, relating to, or written in majuscule letters, as used in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the third to ninth centuries, that resemble modern capitals, but are characterized by much greater curvature and inclination and general inequality of height
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pertaining to an inch or an ounce
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pertaining to the duodecimal system
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Etymology
Origin of uncial
1640–50; < Late Latin unciālēs ( litterae ) (Jerome) uncial (letters), plural of Latin unciālis weighing one twelfth of a libra ( see uncia, -al 1); literal sense is unclear
Example Sentences
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Some styles — Roman, Uncial, Carolingian, Gothic — date to the Middle Ages and earlier.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2011
Our inductions would in many cases be so fatally narrowed, if we might not look beyond one little handful of Uncial Copies.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William
Mr. Crane is especially fond of an Uncial pen form, which he varies with masterful freedom.
From Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples by Brown, Frank Chouteau
Although Uncial capitals are historically more closely allied with the Round Gothic, we have abundant precedent for their use with the minuscule Blackletter in many of the best medieval specimens.
From Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples by Brown, Frank Chouteau
But it is now permanently affixed to an Uncial MS. seen by M. Pierre Batiffol on the instigation of Prof. Duchesne in 1875 at Berat or Belgrade in Albania.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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