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bibliotheca

[bib-lee-uh-thee-kuh]

noun, plural -cas, -cae

[-kee] .

a collection of books; a library.

a list of books, especially a bookseller's catalog.

Obsolete. the Bible.

Origin:
1820–25; < Latin: library, collection of books (Medieval Latin: Bible; compare Old English bibliothēce Bible) < Greek bibliothḗkē. See biblio-, theca

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bib·li·o·the·cal, adjective

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bibliotheca (ˌbɪblɪəʊˈθiːkə)

—n , pl -cas, -cae
1.	a library or collection of books
2.	a printed catalogue compiled by a bibliographer

[Latin: library, from Greek bibliothēkē, from biblio- + thēkē receptacle]

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