UNCIAL
\ʌnsˈa͡ɪəl], \ʌnsˈaɪəl], \ʌ_n_s_ˈaɪ_ə_l]\
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.
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An uncial letter.
By Oddity Software
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.
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An uncial letter.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Pert. to certain characters or letters of a large round kind between capital and small letters, used in the writing of anc. MSS., and in anc. inscriptions from the 3d to the 11th centuries A.D.; done in uncial letters.
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An uncial letter; a letter standing for a word in anc. inscriptions.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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