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bibliotheca
[ bib-lee-uh-thee-kuh ]
noun
, plural bib·li·o·the·cas, bib·li·o·the·cae [bib-lee-, uh, -, thee, -kee].
- a collection of books; a library.
- a list of books, especially a bookseller's catalog.
- Obsolete. the Bible.
bibliotheca
/ ˌbɪblɪəʊˈθiːkə /
noun
- a library or collection of books
- a printed catalogue compiled by a bibliographer
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- bibli·o·thecal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bibliotheca1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bibliotheca1
Latin: library, from Greek bibliothēkē , from biblio- + thēkē receptacle
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Example Sentences
I know not how the collection of the author of the Bibliotheca Lusitania became part of the royal library.
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Any individual who has time and patience to expend ad libitum, cannot desire a fairer field of exercise than the ‘Bibliotheca.’
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The last edition of the Bibliotheca bibliothecarum was printed at Leipzig in 1682.
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Eight subject indexes—only the fourth is not alphabetical—make the Bibliotheca bibliothecarum fully usable.
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A bibliotheca philosophica of that time would include as a matter of course everything but theology, law, and medicine.
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