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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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
Her nose, italicized brevier, Too lovely to describe by penpoint; Her mouth is set in pearl: her ear And chin are comely Caslon ten-point.
From Chimneysmoke by Morley, Christopher
F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
More or less arbitrary names—such as minion, bourgeois, brevier, and nonpareil,—were formerly used; but what is called the point-system is now practically universal, although its unit, the “point,” is not everywhere the same.
From A Librarian's Open Shelf by Bostwick, Arthur E.
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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