Codex
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkəʊdɛks/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Codex is a noun meaning An early manuscript book.
Meaning
An early manuscript book.
More Meanings
- A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
- An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.
Example Sentences
From its inception, the index has provided a window onto the history of the book, for it took the advent of a particular type of book — the codex, a sheaf of pages fastened along one edge — to make an index a practical possibility.
Word Forms
- codices
- codexes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include code, pharmacopoeia, food, text, manuscript, tome.
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