Meaning of majuscule | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.
   countable
2. Capital letters.
   uncountable

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Examples

“Up to this point⟳, Loveday appeared to be an exceptionally typical undergraduate, in that he wrote in majuscule what his fellows scribbled in lower case.”

“But it is far from impossible that a scribe writing in minuscule should choose⟳ majuscule for a correction at this point⟳: for example, if he had written u for n the only way to avoid⟳ all misunderstanding might be to indicate⟳ the correction with a capital letter.”

“Many of these strips are palimpsest and bear⟳ earlier writing in majuscule and old minuscule.”

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