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 [koh-duh-seez, kod-uh-]   Origin

co·di·ces

   [koh-duh-seez, kod-uh-]
noun
plural of codex.
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co·dex

   [koh-deks]
noun, plural co·di·ces  [koh-duh-seez, kod-uh-] .
1.
a quire of manuscript pages held together by stitching: the earliest form of book, replacing the scrolls and wax tablets of earlier times.
2.
a manuscript volume, usually of an ancient classic or the Scriptures.
3.
Archaic. a code; book of statutes.
Origin:
1575–85; < Latin cōdex, caudex tree-trunk, book (formed orig. from wooden tablets); compare code
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codices (ˈkəʊdɪˌsiːz, ˈkɒdɪ-)
 
—n
the plural of codex

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codex
"manuscript volume (especially an ancient one)," 1845, see code.
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