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codex

American  
[koh-deks] / ˈkoʊ dɛks /

noun

plural

codices

  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.

codex British  
/ ˈkəʊdɛks /

noun

  1. a volume, in book form, of manuscripts of an ancient text

  2. obsolete a legal code

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Etymology

Origin of codex

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

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