Initial
In a written or published work, an initial is a letter at the beginning of a word, a chapter, or a paragraph that is larger than the rest of the text. The word is derived from Latin: initiālis, which means of the beginning. An initial is often several lines in height, and, in older books or manuscripts, may take the form of an inhabited or historiated initial. There are certain important initials, such as the Beatus initial, or B, of Beatus vir... at the opening of Psalm 1 at the start of a Vulgate (Bible). These specific initials in an illuminated manuscript were also called initia.
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- nounThe first letter of a word or a name.
- nounIn plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.
- verbTo sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
- adjectiveChronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
- adjectiveSpatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
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