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uncial

[uhn-shee-uhl, -shuhl] / ˈʌn ʃi əl, -ʃəl /
NOUN
capital
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
lowercase lowercase letter
WEAK




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And a word, written in black letter, uncial, Copperplate Script, Roman capitals, or even the “Star Wars” font by a professional, has all the virtues of those far more complicated handmade things.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 5, 2015

But visitors are just as likely to be impressed by the book’s ravishing script, a bold fusion of Roman and Celtic lettering, known as English uncial, that jumps right off the page.

From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2014

As evidence of the fragments' early origins, Thiede notes that the handwriting on the Magdalen Papyrus is in a style known as uncial, which began to die out in the middle of the 1st century.

From Time Magazine Archive

The letters have but little tendency to the oblong shape, but delta and theta are decidedly of the latest uncial type.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

Why are we not informed that every known uncial Copy except one of bad character,—every cursive but two,—every Version,—and the following Fathers,—all contain the precious clause: viz.

From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon


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