brevier

[ bruh-veer ]

/ brəˈvɪər /

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noun Printing.

a size of type approximately 8-point, between minion and bourgeois.

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Origin of brevier

1590–1600; <German: literally, breviary; so called from use in printing breviaries

Words nearby brevier

breve, brevet, brevi-, breviary, brevicaudate, brevier, breviloquent, brevipennate, brevirostrate, brevity, Brevity is the soul of wit

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How to use brevier in a sentence

We also enclose samples of long primer, bourgeois and brevier sizes of type.
Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions|Slason Thompson
A complete series of type of a particular size is called a font; as a font of brevier, or of pica.
Up To Date Business|Various
Two columns of brevier—without the adornment of the usual line-cut.
The Silver Poppy|Arthur Stringer
This is the day when I have to make up my five columns—seven hundred lines, brevier type.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916|Various

Bourgeois, bur-jois′, n. a kind of printing type, larger than brevier and smaller than longprimer.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for brevier

brevier

/ (brəˈvɪə) /

noun

(formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 8 point

Word Origin for brevier

C16: probably from Dutch, literally: breviary; so called because this type size was used for breviaries

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