typothetae

typothetae
/tuy poth"i tee', tuy'peuh thee"tee/, n.pl.
printers, esp. master printers: used in the names of associations.
[ < NL, equiv. to Gk týpo(s) TYPE + -thetae, Latinized pl. of Gk thétes one who places; see THETIC]

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