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| 1. | [ adjective ] (writing) of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries | |
| Related terms: | minuscule uppercase | |
| 2. | [ noun ] one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in proper names and sometimes for emphasis; (printers once kept type for capitals and small letters in separate cases; capitals were in the upper half and became known as upper-case letters) | |
| Synonyms: | capital capital_letter upper-case_letter upper_case | |
| Related terms: | small_letter character small_capital | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] uppercase | |
| Synonyms: | great capital | |
| Examples: | "capital A" "great A" "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script" |
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| Related terms: | uppercase | |
