English Explanatory Dictionary

Long Primer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The size of type between bourgeois and small pica, standardized as 10-point.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Long Primer.

Word forms

Long Primer long-primer longprimer

Etymology

Initially from primer (“prayer book”) from its use in those volumes in Protestant England. The qualifier was subsequently added to distinguish it from great primer and may derive from early editions published on long duodecimo paper.

Synonyms

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