bibliotheca

American  

[bib-lee-uh-thee-kuh] / ˌbɪb li əˈθi kə /

noun

plural

bibliothecas, bibliothecae

1. a collection of books; a library.

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

3. Obsolete. the Bible.

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bibliotheca British  

/ ˌbɪblɪəʊˈθiːkə /

noun

1. a library or collection of books

2. a printed catalogue compiled by a bibliographer

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Other Word Forms

• bibliothecal adjective

Etymology

Origin of bibliotheca

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

Example Sentences

Graec. quem antiqua manu membrana scriptum Guelferbytana bibliotheca servat.”

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Honorius III. left many writings which have been collected and published by Abb� Horoy in the Medii aevi bibliotheca patristica, vols. i.-ii.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

The Germans have a tolerable lending library; and the public bibliotheca in the Town House, near the Jesuit church, is rich in old volumes, mostly collected from religious houses.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

D. N. Papae habuit ex bibliotheca a Dom.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Porro ipsum Hebraicum habetur usque hodie in Cæsariensi bibliotheca quam Pamphilus martyr studiose confecit.

From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis