Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A library.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A librarian.

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  • noun obsolete A library.
  • noun A bibliographer’s catalogue.

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  • noun a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services

Etymologies

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An Anglicisation either of bibliotheca (from the Old English biblioþece) or of its etymon, the Latin bibliothēca ("library”, “collection of books"); compare the French bibliothèque.

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Examples

  • Note 114: Epistolae, 2.7.8: "Parieti eius cubiculi mei in bibliothecæ speciem armarium insertum est quod non legendos libros sed letitandos capit." back

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • In union with the PS3 code update, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) is entertained to foretell digit BD-LIVE enabled titles to be liberated on Apr 8 - Walk Hard: The bibliothec Cox Story and The 6th Day.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • In union with the PS3 code update, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) is entertained to foretell digit BD-LIVE enabled titles to be liberated on Apr 8 - Walk Hard: The bibliothec Cox Story and The 6th Day.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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