1. A size of type in printing, smaller than bourgeois and larger than minion, historically used for books and pamphlets.
Usage: printing; historical; archaic
2. A book, especially a prayer book or breviary, printed in brevier type.
Usage: archaic; rare

Examples

• The printer selected brevier type for the small devotional volume.
• Sixteenth-century brevieries were often printed in brevier to keep them portable.
• The manuscript was set in brevier, making it compact yet readable.
• Brevier remained a standard size for religious texts throughout the Renaissance.