codex

[ koh-deks ]
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noun,plural co·di·ces [koh-duh-seez, kod-uh-]. /ˈkoʊ dəˌsiz, ˈkɒd ə-/.
  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.

  1. Archaic. a code; book of statutes.

Origin of codex

1
1575–85; <Latin cōdex, caudex tree-trunk, book (formed originally from wooden tablets); cf. code

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codex

/ (ˈkəʊdɛks) /


nounplural codices (ˈkəʊdɪˌsiːz, ˈkɒdɪ-)
  1. a volume, in book form, of manuscripts of an ancient text

  2. obsolete a legal code

Origin of codex

1
C16: from Latin: tree trunk, wooden block, book

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