one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis;
\\\"printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters\\\"
Adjective:
of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries
uppercase;
\\\"capital A\\\"
\\\"great A\\\"
\\\"many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script\\\"