Entertainment / Literature / Initial: An enlarged, decorated letter at the beginning of a story, chapter, poem, or section of text in a medieval manuscript. This is also called an initial letter. Initials may be inhabited (having a small creature, animal, or person depicted inside the letter without obvious connection to the text's contents), historiated (having an illustration of a scene or event that clearly connects with the story or subject-matter described in the text), or decorated (having elaborate abstract designs unrelated to the text). See cadel.
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Initial Adjective Synonyms: original, primary, first, prime, beginning, incipient, inaugural, opening, introductory, commencing
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Entertainment / Literature / Historiated Initial: In the artwork of medieval manuscripts, an historiated initial is an enlarged, introductory letter in a written word that contains within the body of the letter a pictoral scene or figure related to t MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Initial Letter: Another term for an initial. See above. MORE
Business / Finance / Initial Public Offering (IPO): When buying securities on margin, the proportion of the total market value of the securities that the investor must pay for in cash. The Security Exchange Act of 1934 gives the Board of Governors of t MORE