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bibliotheque

/ˈbɪbliəˌθiːk/

bibliotheque noun: a collection of books or treatises.

Noun

bibliotheque (plural bibliotheques)

  1. (obsolete) A collection of books or treatises.
    • Forſooth they haue chriſtned the book now by a new name. It muſt no lõger be called a Bibliotheque of holy Fathers; for, they haue diſſainted ſome 100. or two of thoſe auncient writers, and diſcarded many of the reſt, in euerie Tome ſome: It muſt now be called Bibliotheca Patrum, & veterum Authorum...1612, Thomas Iames, A Treatise of the Corruption of Scripture, Councels, and Fathers, by the Prelats, Pastors, and Pillars of the Church of Rome, for Maintenance of Popery and Irreligion. […]...
    • Shou'd I make a Collection of vvhat is vvritten by the beſt Authors of Antiquity in their Praiſes; ſhould I but refer you to vvhat Stobæus has Collected for 'em, ſince you mention vvhat he has done againſt 'em; ſhould I but tranſcribe vvhat ¹ Plutarch, ² Lodovicus Vives [Juan Luis Vives], ³ Speron...1691, [William Walsh], A Dialogue Concerning Women, Being a Defence of the Sex. […], London: […] R[ichard] Bentley […], and J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC, pages 121–122
  2. (obsolete) A library.
    • This invention of erecting libraries, eſpecially here at Rome, came from Aſinius Pollio, who by dedicating his Bibliotheque, containing all the books that ever were written, was the firſt that made the wits and workes of learned men, a publicke matter and a benefit to a Commonweale.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXXV.] The Estimation and Account That Was Made of Images in Times Past, Represented by Lively Pictures.”, in Philemon Holland, transl....
    • And therfore, my Lord, it ſeems very much to the purpoſe, ſince you govern and preſide in all ſignal Actions, that you never content your ſelf with a Mediocrity in things which are good and laudable; and ſince you have nothing of mean and vulgar, that you ſhould alſo cheriſh, above all others, the...1661, Gabriel Naudeus, interpreted by Jo. Evelyn, Instructions Concerning Erecting of a Library: Presented to My Lord the President De Mesme, London: […] G. Bedle, and T. Collins, […], and J. Crook...

Examples of bibliotheque in a sentence

  • Du Pin thinks it is, and defends it in his Bibliotheque of Eccleſiaſtical Writers; however all agree that ’tis very ancient.1719, [David] Martin, translated by [Samuel Jebb], A Critical Dissertation upon the Seventh Verse of the Fifth Chapter of St. John’s First...
  • I could name ſeveral other Engliſh Tracts upon ſeveral Subjects, full of Primitive Chriſtian Divinity, were ſuch a Bibliotheque fit for this Place.1723, R[oger] Laurence, Lay-Baptism Invalid. An Essay to Prove, That Such Baptism Is Null and Void, When Administer’d in Opposition to the...
  • It is pleaſant enough to ſee this Jeſuit repreſented as a Phyſician in ſome Bibliotheques [E].1739, John Peter Bernard, Thomas Birch, John Lockman, and others, A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical: In Which a New and...
  • The Keeper of a Bibliotheque, Library, or Place for Books.1719, R[ichard] Browne, The English Expositor Improv’d: Being a Complete Dictionary, Teaching the Interpretation of the Most Difficult...

Forms of bibliotheque

pluralbibliotheques
alternative formbibliotheke

Origin of bibliotheque

From Middle French bibliotheque, from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē). Doublet of bibliotheca.

Questions about bibliotheque

What does bibliotheque mean?
Bibliotheque means a collection of books or treatises.
How do you use bibliotheque in a sentence?
Du Pin thinks it is, and defends it in his Bibliotheque of Eccleſiaſtical Writers; however all agree that ’tis very ancient.
What part of speech is bibliotheque?
Bibliotheque is a noun.
How do you pronounce bibliotheque?
Bibliotheque is pronounced /ˈbɪbliəˌθiːk/.
What is the plural of bibliotheque?
The plural of bibliotheque is bibliotheques.

Words near bibliotheque in the dictionary

  1. bibliothecography
  2. bibliothecology
  3. bibliothecs
  4. bibliotheke
  5. bibliothekes
  6. bibliotheque
  7. bibliotheques
  8. bibliotherapeutic
  9. bibliotherapeutical
  10. bibliotherapies
  11. bibliotherapist

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