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bib⋅li⋅o⋅the⋅ca

  [bib-lee-uh-thee-kuh]
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–noun, plural -cas, -cae  [-kee] .
1. a collection of books; a library.
2. a list of books, esp. a bookseller's catalog.
3. Obsolete. the Bible.
Origin:
1820–25; < L: library, collection of books (ML: Bible; cf. OE bibliothēce Bible) < Gk bibliothkē. See biblio-, theca

Related forms:
bib⋅li⋅o⋅the⋅cal, adjective
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bib·li·o·the·ca   (bĭb'lē-ə-thē'kə)   
n.  
  1. A collection of books; a library.
  2. A catalog of books.

[Latin bibliothēca, from Greek bibliothēkē : biblio-, biblio- + thēkē, case; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
bib'li·o·the'cal adj.
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Bibliotheca

Bib`li*o*the"ca\, n. [L. See Bibliotheke.] A library.
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