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codex

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

a quire of manuscript pages held together by stitching: the earliest form of book, replacing the scrolls and wax tablets of earlier times.
a manuscript volume, usually of an ancient classic or the Scriptures.
Archaic. a code; book of statutes.

RELATED WORDS

essay, album, novel, publication, dictionary, pamphlet, text, work, manual, textbook, fiction, volume, edition, magazine, booklet, brochure, writing, copy, tome, paperback

Nearby words

  1. codeine,
  2. codependent,
  3. coder,
  4. codetermination,
  5. codeword,
  6. codex juris canonici,
  7. codfish,
  8. codger,
  9. codices,
  10. codicil

Origin of codex

1575–85; < Latin cōdex, caudex tree-trunk, book (formed orig. from wooden tablets); cf. code
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British Dictionary definitions for codex

codex

/ (ˈkəʊdɛks) /

noun plural codices (ˈkəʊdɪˌsiːz, ˈkɒdɪ-)

a volume, in book form, of manuscripts of an ancient text
obsolete a legal code

Word Origin for codex

C16: from Latin: tree trunk, wooden block, book
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Word Origin and History for codex

codex

n.

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

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