Bibliotheque
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbɪbliəˌθiːk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bibliotheque is a noun meaning (obsolete) A collection of books or treatises.
Meaning
(obsolete) A collection of books or treatises.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A library.
Example Sentences
I could name ſeveral other Engliſh Tracts upon ſeveral Subjects, full of Primitive Chriſtian Divinity, were ſuch a Bibliotheque fit for this Place.
The Paſſage of the Letter from the Jews or Jeruſalem, according to the Greek Text, is this, Theſe very things were in the Writings and Memoirs of Nehemiah, and as it were making them a Bibliotheque, he had collected the Books of Kings, of the Prophets, and the Letters concerning the Donatives.
He will find I have been very merciful in ſingling out one Inſtance only, of the many that might be produc’d, for I aſſure him it would be wondrous eaſy to furniſh out yearly a Bibliotheque of his own Blunders, but the living upon the worſt of the beſt Authors, is a Diet I leave to this Critick.
FAther Le Long, a Prieſt of the Oratory, deſigns to publiſh a Bibliotheque of the Hiſtorians of France, containing the Civil and Eccleſiaſtical Hiſtory of that Kingdom, and a General and Particular Hiſtory of Provinces, Cities, Families, and Academies, whether they be Printed, or only Manuſcript.
Word Forms
- bibliotheques
- bibliotheke
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include library, bibliotheca, athenaeum, archive, archives, bookroom.
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