liber
noun
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liber
1 American
[lahy-ber]
/ ˈlaɪ bər /
noun
Botany.
liber
2
American
[lahy-ber, li-ber ]
/ ˈlaɪ bər, ˈlɪ bɛr /
noun
libri,
plural
libers
plural
Liber
3
American
[lahy-ber]
/ ˈlaɪ bər /
noun
liber
British
/ ˈlaɪbə /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of liber1
1745–55; < Latin: bark; akin to leaf
Origin of liber2
< Latin: book, originally bark; see liber 1
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A friend described him as a “true believer,” devoted to the mission of Special Forces: De oppresso liber, to free the oppressed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
Registered the within manumission at full length, this eleventh day of July, 1766, in liber D.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2015
In little groups they knelt, praying, with priests before them intoning the Litany, Ab ira Vesnvii, liber a nos, Domine.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said he: "We were not wrong to choose liber ty and justice to build a pluralistic society in a united Spain."
From Time Magazine Archive
The first of the large number of books produced by the latter is by Petrus de Crescentiis, “Incipit liber ruraliū cōmodorū,” 1474, its colophon being printed in red.
From Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography by Roberts, W. (William)
State business license information shows Nommensen is the co-owner of Liber Construction in Spanaway, and the business address listed for the company is the same as Nommensen’s last known address included in charging documents.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
“We are not interested at all in politics,” said Brian Wong, a member of Liber Research Community, an independent research institute that focuses on land use.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2021
To follow along with the melody, our priest suggested the Liber Usualis, a book of religious chant music dating back to the 11th century.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2020
“Increasing land supply while prices are high, and vice versa won’t work because property developers will hold onto their existing stocks to maximize profits, and this drives up prices,” added Liber.
From Forbes ● Apr. 3, 2015
Bacchus, never Dionysus, was the name of the wine-god, who had also a Latin name, Liber.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
In particular departments of historical literature we find George Bartal, author of Commentariorum ... libri XV., tom. i.-iii.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
Gradually, however, voluntary flagellation appeared in the libri poenitentiales as a very efficacious means of penance.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
In the second Punic war, the senate had commanded the surrender of the libri vaticini or precationes, and any written art of sacrificing.
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal
He claimed that he used original authorities, e.g. the libri lintei, lists of magistrates written on linen.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
Its title, according to the oldest MSS., the summaries of the lost Books, and the grammarians, was Ab urbe condita libri; and this is corroborated by Livy’s own language: i. praef.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
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