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