brevier
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of brevier
1590–1600; < German: literally, breviary; so called from use in printing breviaries
Example Sentences
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The body of the bill, printed in brevier, is as it came from the House.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John
That was David H. Mason, the tariff expert, whose handwriting was habitually so infinitesimal that he put more than a column of brevier type matter on a single page, note-paper size.
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Thompson, Slason
Serene Highness, Princess Helen, honoured the Misses Reid and Bryant last evening at a soiree.'—leaded brevier every morning on the editorial page.
From The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day by Stark, Harriet
Hitherto his name had been most inconspicuous; only once or twice had it achieved a long-primer setting; mainly it had kept to the security and dignity of brevier notices in the Army and Navy Journal.
From The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Garland, Hamlin
Mr. Daggett told him their names and sizes—nonpareil, brevier, agate, pica, minion and a dozen others which Bobby could not remember but which he found exotic and attractive.
From The Adventures of Bobby Orde by Brehm, Worth
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