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brevier
bre·vier
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brəˈvɪər
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noun
Printing.
a size of type approximately 8-point, between minion and bourgeois.
Origin:
1590–1600;
<
German:
literally,
breviary
; so called from use in printing breviaries
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brevier
(brəˈvɪə)
—
n
(formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 8 point
[C16: probably from Dutch, literally:
breviary
; so called because this type size was used for breviaries]
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