bibliochresis

bibliochresis noun: the use of books.

Noun

bibliochresis (uncountable)

(literary, rare) The use of books.
- Not much appears to have come of the talk; most of our college libraries, so far as we know, are conducted in the same way as before, with very little effort to train the students in what should be called not so much bibliography (description of books) as bibliochresis (use of books). But the idea...1883 April 5, “Notes”, in The Nation […], volume XXXVI, number 927, New York, N.Y.: The Evening Post Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 297, column 2
- Our rolé is chiefly that of directors in the use of books—“professors of bibliochresis” the New York Nation would perhaps be pleased to call us. In the vast wilderness of literature with which we are surrounded there is great need for guide-posts both as to what and how to read. […] The child is...1883 July, “Public Meeting of the Society for Home Culture”, in Isaac Sharpless, Watson W[ood] Dewees, editors, The Student, volume III, number 11, Philadelphia, Pa.: Franklin Printing House, […]...

The public librarian may soon deserve the additional title of Master of Bibliochresis.1883 April 5, “Notes”, in The Nation […], volume XXXVI, number 927, New York, N.Y.: The Evening Post Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page...
Our rolé is chiefly that of directors in the use of books—“professors of bibliochresis” the New York Nation would perhaps be pleased to call us.1883 July, “Public Meeting of the Society for Home Culture”, in Isaac Sharpless, Watson W[ood] Dewees, editors, The Student, volume III...
Bibliochresis, or the theory of book use; 5.1893 November, E[rnest] C[ushing] Richardson, “Library Science and Other Sciences”, in The Princeton College Bulletin […], volume V, number...
Devotion to bibliochresis, i.e., the scientific use of literature; […]1930, Nomayear, Philadelphia, Pa.: National Office Management Association, →OCLC, page 71, column 2:

From biblio- (“book”), from Ancient Greek βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on), + χρῆσῐς (khrêsĭs, “use, usage, employment”).

What does bibliochresis mean?: Bibliochresis means the use of books.
How do you use bibliochresis in a sentence?: The public librarian may soon deserve the additional title of Master of Bibliochresis.
What part of speech is bibliochresis?: Bibliochresis is a noun.

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