Meaning

3 senses
  1. Written or printed in black letter.

    a black-letter manuscript or book

  2. (figuratively)Given to the study of books in black letter; old-fashioned.

  3. Of or relating to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days; unlucky; inauspicious.

    black-letter days

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