Definition of "uncial" []

• Of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters and found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the fourth to the eighth century A.D. (adjective)
• A style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters. It provided the model from which most of the capital letters in the modern Latin alphabet are derived. (noun)
• A capital letter written in this style. (noun)

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• "All the oldest manuscripts are written in uncial, that is, capital letters, the "cursive," or small letters, being of more recent date."
• "The uncial is the chief script of parchment Manuscripts from the fourth to the ninth century."
• "The oldest are written on beautiful parchment, in what are called uncial, or capital letters."