Definition of "old style" []

• Printing A style of type originating in the 18th century and characterized by slight contrast between light and heavy strokes and slanting serifs. (noun)
• The method of reckoning dates according to the Julian calendar. (noun)

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• "[Footnote 4: By Pope Gregory XIII. at the time of the change from the old style to the new] [Sidenote: Magnificent schemes.] [Sidenote: Caesar collects the means to carry out his vast schemes.]"
• "Even in the Republic we have seen that the argument which is carried on by Socrates in the old style with Thrasymachus in the first book, soon passes into the form of exposition."
• "The two combined to produce the “Jugement de Midas,” a satire on the old style of music, which met with remarkable popular favor, though it was not so well received by the court."