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Definition of Charactery
1. n. The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark.
Definition of Charactery
1. Noun. (obsolete) The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) That which is charactered; the meaning. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Charactery
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charactery
Literary usage of Charactery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Julius Cæsar by William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson (1908)
"charactery' seems to mean simply ' writing' in the well-known passage in The Merry
... So in Keats: "Before high-piled books in charactery Hold like rich ..."
2. A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers, and Copyists by John William Bradley (1889)
"Opposite to it the charactery as before. This little volume is most beautifully
written on thick vellum, and bound in a very peculiar way. ..."
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