bibliothecary
bibliothecary noun: a librarian.
Noun
bibliothecary (plural bibliothecaries)
- A librarian.
- Hence we went to the house of Hippolito Vitellesco (afterwards Bibliothecary of yᵉ Vatican Library)[…]1644 December 3 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 24 November 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition...
- What I said in my epistle to my reverend friend and master, Doctor James, the incomparably industrious and learned bibliothecary of Oxford, I profess still; but I hold those canons of the apostles uncanonical.1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy
Adjective
bibliothecary (not comparable)
- Of or relating to libraries.
- My performance of posthumous justice to QZX., my late deceased and much deplored friend, has been somewhat interrupted by a short absence from the peaceful privacy I enjoy at Leighton Buzzard. Your ready compliance, however, with my desire, that these biographical jewels should not lie locked up in...1820 November 1, Giles Middlestitch [pseudonym; William Maginn or R. F. St. Barbe], “Semihoræ Biographicæ. No. II. To Christopher North [pseudonym; John Wilson], Esq.”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh...
- I am not alluding to the fragmentation of specialties; I speak of the insignificance of a certain verbal grouping. The individuals who are engaged in disparate pursuits called philosophy can be as broad as you like in their concerns, but the spread of their concerns need be neither coextensive nor...1975, W[illard] V[an Orman] Quine, “A Letter to Mr. [Robert] Ostermann”, in Charles J. Bontempo, S. Jack Odell, editors, The Owl of Minerva: Philosophers on Philosophy, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill...
- Synonyms:
- bibliothecal, bibliothecarial, bibliothecarian, bibliothetic, bibliothetical, librarial
bibliothecary meaning in Tamil
bibliothecary in Tamil
- ஏடகத்தார், நுலகத்தலைவர்
Examples of bibliothecary in a sentence
- “He’s as close to a bibliothecary as we’ve got.” / “Are you serious?” Torrin asked incredulously.2012, Lisa Smedman, chapter 11, in The Gilded Rune (Forgotten Realms), Renton, Wash.: Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN:
- The shaping of Imperial culture through a bibliothecary and stipendiary initiative legitimizes and authorizes a parallel investment by the Valois-Angoulême court.2015, Glyn P[eter] Norton, “Francis I’s Royal Readers: Translation and the Triangulation of Power in Early Renaissance France (1533–4)”, in...
Synonyms of bibliothecary
Forms of bibliothecary
| plural | bibliothecaries |
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Origin of bibliothecary
Learned borrowing from Latin bibliothēcārius (“librarian”), from bibliothēca (“library”) + -ārius, from Ancient Greek βῐβλῐοθήκη (bĭblĭothḗkē, “library”), from βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on) + θήκη (thḗkē). Compare French bibliothécaire and Italian and Spanish bibliotecario. By surface analysis, bibliotheca + -ary or bibliothec + -ary.
From Latin bibliothēca (“library”) + -ary (“of or relating to”).
Questions about bibliothecary
- What does bibliothecary mean?
- Bibliothecary means a librarian.
- What is bibliothecary in Tamil?
- Bibliothecary in Tamil is ஏடகத்தார், நுலகத்தலைவர். See Bibliothecary meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use bibliothecary in a sentence?
- “He’s as close to a bibliothecary as we’ve got.” / “Are you serious?” Torrin asked incredulously.
- What part of speech is bibliothecary?
- Bibliothecary can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of bibliothecary?
- The plural of bibliothecary is bibliothecaries.
Words near bibliothecary in the dictionary
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