church text

American  

noun

Printing.

1. Old English.

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church text British  

noun

1. a heavy typeface in Gothic style

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Etymology

Origin of church text

First recorded in 1675–85

Example Sentences

A 1995 church text called “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” says: “Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children.”

From Washington Post

The roof was ornamented with Runic characters and other grotesque and half-effaced inscriptions, while the sides were embellished with Gothic tracery, amid which the letters I.H.S., carved in ancient church text, could be easily distinguished.

From Project Gutenberg

Church′man, a clergyman or ecclesiastic: a member or upholder of the established church; Church′-rate, an assessment for the sustentation of the fabric, &c., of the parish church; Church′-serv′ice, the form of religious service followed in a church, order of public worship, a book containing such; Church′-text, a thin and tall form of black-letter print; Churchwar′den, an officer who represents the interests of a parish or church: a long clay-pipe; Church′way, the public way or road that leads to the church; Church′woman, a female member of the Anglican Church.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

With the same profound thoughtfulness of the old Catholic music, enriched by the perfection which art has attained in two centuries, and with all the means which a composer nowadays can make use of, Cherubini perfected another conception, and this consisted in utilizing the style adapted to dramatic composition when narrating the church text, by which means he was able to succeed in depicting man in his various vicissitudes, now rising to the praises of Divinity, now gazing on the Supreme Power, now suppliant and prostrate.

From Project Gutenberg

Hereon she was designing or illuminating, in characters of Church text, the single word "A sweet, saintly, Christian business, hers!" thought he.

From Project Gutenberg