great primer

English

Etymology

From primer (“prayer book”), with the qualifier distinguishing it from primer or long primer, a smaller size.

Noun

great primer (uncountable)

(printing, historical) The size of type between English and paragon, standardized as 18-point, used in the printing of large-format English bibles.

Synonyms

double bourgeois
Bible text

Derived terms

double great primer, two-line great primer

Translations

Translations

Dutch: tekst (nl)
French: gros-romain
German: Tertia

Italian: testo (it)
Spanish: romana (es)

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