imprimery
3 synonyms for imprimery, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — (archaic) A printing house or self-employed printer.
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
(archaic) A printing house or self-employed printer.
“France's National Imprimery dates back to the Renaissance but now mostly prints ID cards.”
Etymology
Came from French imprimerie, formed from imprimer ("to print, to imprint") and -erie ("-ery"), with imprimer itself from im- ("in-") and primer ("to print"). Equivalent to imprint + -ery.
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