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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
majuscule \majus"cule\, n. cf. f. majuscule. see
   majusculae.
   a capital letter; especially, one used in ancient
   manuscripts. see majusculae.
   1913 webster

   majuscule writing, writing composed wholly of capital
      letters, especially the style which prevailed in europe
      from the third to the sixth century.
      1913 webster
see also:
majusculae majuscule writing 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
majuscule
     adj 1: of or relating to a style of writing characterized by
            somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries
            ant: minuscule
     2: uppercase; "capital a"; "great a"; "many medieval
        manuscripts are in majuscule script" syn: capital, great
     n : one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first
         letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes
         for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals
         and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were
         kept in the upper half of the type case and so became
         known as upper-case letters" syn: capital, capital
         letter, upper case, upper-case letter ant: small
         letter
see also:
minuscule capital great capital letter upper case upper-case letter 
small letter 

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