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)

1. (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 (fr)
• German: Tertia
• Italian: testo (it)
• Spanish: romana (es)