Definitions for black letter
black let·ter

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gothic, black letternoun

   a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. black letternoun

   A Northern European style of type, with contrasting thick-and-thin, angular strokes forming upright letterforms, and usually set with a dark typographic colour on the page.

2. black letternoun

   Text set in black-letter type.

3. black letternoun

   The basic standard elements for a particular field of law, which are generally known and free from doubt or dispute.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. black letter

   Blackletter (sometimes black letter), also known as Gothic script, Gothic minuscule, or Textura, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 until the 17th century. It continued to be commonly used for the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish languages until the 1870s, and for the German language until the 1940s, when Hitler's distaste for the supposedly "Jewish-influenced" script saw it officially discontinued in 1941. Fraktur is a notable script of this type, and sometimes the entire group of blackletter faces is incorrectly referred to as Fraktur. Blackletter is sometimes referred to as Old English, but it is not to be confused with the Old English language, which predates blackletter by many centuries and was written in the insular script or in Futhorc. Along with Italic type and Roman type, blackletter served as one of the major typefaces in the history of Western typography.

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1. black letter

   Black letter is a type of calligraphy or typeface that was used in Western Europe from the middle ages up until the 17th century. It is characterized by thick and heavy strokes, and sometimes also referred to as Gothic script due to its origins in the Gothic period. It is also known as Old English or fraktur script. In a different context, "black letter law" is a term used for well-established, settled laws that are rarely disputed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Black letter

   the old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type

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How to pronounce black letter?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say black letter in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of black letter in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of black letter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of black letter in a Sentence

1. Michael Zeldin:

   I don't know who said them and what context in which they were said -- and that matters, but if you look at the black letter of the quotes, those are very threatening words. There is probable cause to believe those words were intended to influence the testimony of a witness. Whether they were chargeable witness tampering, that depends on the context.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=black letter
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Black_Letter
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Letter
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black letter