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EX-LIBRIS

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ex li⋅bris

  [eks lee-bris, lahy-]
–noun, plural -bris for 2.
1. from the library of (a phrase inscribed in or on a book before the name of the owner): Ex libris Jane Doe.
2. an inscription in or on a book, to indicate the owner; bookplate.
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Origin:
1875–80; < L ex lībrīs out of the books (of), from the books (of)
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Word Origin & History

ex libris 
1880, from L., lit. "out of the books (of)," from ex "out of" + abl. pl. of liber "book."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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