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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We also enclose samples of long primer, bourgeois and brevier sizes of type.
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
In many printing offices the type is known as 6-point, 8-point, 10-point, etc., instead of as nonpareil, brevier, long primer, etc.
From Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) by Eaton, Seymour
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
At an endurance test in New York he is reported to have set and distributed 26,000 ems solid brevier in twenty-four hours.
From Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul by Moore, Frank
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