great primer

noun Printing.

an 18-point type of a size larger than Columbian, formerly used for Bibles.

Origin of great primer

First recorded in 1675–85

Words nearby great primer

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Example sentences from the Web for great primer

  • It was not until 1757 that he published his first work, a Virgil in royal quarto, with great-primer letters.

    This Simian World |Clarence Day

  • I saw all this as plainly as if it had all been printed in great-primer type, instead of working itself out in her features.

    The Poet at the Breakfast Table |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

British Dictionary definitions for great primer

great primer

noun

(formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 18 point