How to pronounce “black letter”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (calligraphy) A highly calligraphic Western European script style used from approximately 1150.
• (law) The basic standard elements for a particular field of law, which are generally known and free from doubt or dispute.

Practice Nearby Words

gothic, blackletter, old english, book hand, block letter, black letter law, chancery hand, majuscule writing, bastarda, caligraphy, civilité, block capital, church text, antiqua, italic, textura, calligraphy, library hand, oldstyle, clerical script, regular script, black letter day, carolingian minuscule, text hand, chancery, lettre, secretary hand, lettering, letter, clerkly script, naskh, antique, drop letter, majusculae, text, scription, uncial, fraktur, latin script, type, large seal script, letter case, grass script, boldface, longhand, calligraphics, printscript, thuluth, blackboard bold, character, ball and stick, double letter, block capitals, initial, noncapital, letter art, small hand, monoline, running script, hand, logography, all caps, charact, roman, letteral, letterset, versal, illiterati, cacography, great seal script, initialer, roundhand, running hand, schwabacher, bookstaff, latin alphabet, latin, letterism, gothic alphabet, script, letter magic, majuscule, capital letter, letterboard, square script, roman script, swash letter, line, capline, letterform, latinization, lettermarking, microscript, signwriting, print, miniature, clear script, boustrophedon, initialler, alphabet

Similar Sounds

black letter, blackletter, block letter, blacklight, blackwater, black lead, black water, black light, black hair, black cloud, black matter, black lights, black adder, blacklist, black list, backlit, blackett, blackshear, blackout, black out, blackhead, backlight, backwater, black hat, blackly, backlot, blackheads, black head, blackley, blakley, black white, black-out, back lot, black coat, blackledge, blackleg, back light, begleiter, black heads, black peter, black maire, blackwelder, boisclair, back water, black larch, plaquette, placater, booklet, black lung, be clear, black kids, black lungs, blackland, blackener, black blood, block list, ballader, baxter, begetter, black art, black cat, black heart, black bear, black star, black rat, black tea, backslider, black history, black knight, black codes, black night, black cherry, black tar, back there, backster, black kite, black-tie, black betty, black shirt, black tai, black-eyed, black eyed, ballette, black rot, black lace, backlights, black code, black line, black foot, black knot, black-haired, black hammer, black lion, black shades, black powder, back matter, black country, ballater, billeter, black hood