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antiquariat

antiquariat noun: an antiquarian bookshop.

Noun

antiquariat (plural antiquariats)

  1. An antiquarian bookshop.
    • IT WAS APPARENT TO ME IN 1921, AGAIN in 1924 and increasingly so on my recent study-tour in a half-dozen European countries that the so-called culture of Europe is in the museums and in the antiquariats.1939, Frontiers of Democracy, Progressive Education Association, page 149
    • Antiquariats and second-hand dealers furnish the life blood of any good music library, but when an attempt was made a few months ago to persuade librarians to join in compiling a list of dealers who had proved to be especially satisfactory the project came to nought. […] The Library of Congress...1949, Music Library Association Notes, volume 7, pages 243 and 391

Examples of antiquariat in a sentence

  • This is particularly true of foreign antiquariats and of some of the smaller dealers that only issue an occasional music catalog.1949, Music Library Association Notes, volume 7, pages 243 and 391:
  • There were so many auctions, secondhand bookstores, antiquariats, and libraries to go to.1977, Mennonite Life, volume 32/33, North Newton, Kan.: Bethel College, page 19:
  • In 1981 someone compiled a listing of European music antiquariats, and a sadly short listing it was, too.1985, MadAminA!, volumes 6–10, Music Associates of America, pages 7–8:
  • The collector had to hunt patiently for titles in Prague and Brno, with their well stocked antiquariats, and even smaller towns where choice items might occasionally be found.1991, Czechoslovak History Newsletter: Bulletin of the Czechoslovak History Conference, Department of History, LeTourneau College:

Forms of antiquariat

pluralantiquariats

Origin of antiquariat

From German Antiquariat.

Questions about antiquariat

What does antiquariat mean?
Antiquariat means an antiquarian bookshop.
How do you use antiquariat in a sentence?
This is particularly true of foreign antiquariats and of some of the smaller dealers that only issue an occasional music catalog.
What part of speech is antiquariat?
Antiquariat is a noun.
What is the plural of antiquariat?
The plural of antiquariat is antiquariats.

Words near antiquariat in the dictionary

  1. antiquarianized
  2. antiquarianizes
  3. antiquarianizing
  4. antiquarianly
  5. antiquarians
  6. antiquariat
  7. antiquariats
  8. antiquaries
  9. antiquarism
  10. antiquarist
  11. antiquarists

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