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bibliothetic

bibliothetic adjective: pertaining to libraries.

Adjective

bibliothetic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to libraries.
    • So miserably fallen is the faculty of the nation, that the greater portion of the books which are annually published are made or compiled, and not conceived; and if an original work appears, to flash upon the region of dulness, the bibliothetic dolts meanly and malignantly confederate to limit its...1797 February 25, John Williams, “Dedication. To the Noblemen and Gentlemen Constituting That Very Honorable Society, Called, The Literary Fund.”, in The Pin-Basket to the Children of Thespis. With...
    • For a considerable number of classifications of the sciences, and a pretty good account of them, see Edwards’s Memoirs of Libraries, Vol. II., page 761. But there are others, some for metaphysical, some for physical, some for bibliographical, some for bibliopolic, some for bibliothetic purposes.1882, Priggles, “Answers”, in N. B. Webster, editor, Miscellaneous Literary, Scientific, and Historical Notes, Queries, and Answers, for Teachers, Pupils, Practical and Professional Men, Manchester...

Examples of bibliothetic in a sentence

  • It did, however, develop a bibliothetic culture.1998, Philip R. Davies, “Canons in the Ancient World”, in Scribes and Schools: The Canonization of the Hebrew Scriptures (Library of...
  • He wasn’t the only one with such a bibliothetic idea.2022, Chris Mackowski, “Destruction of the City”, in The Battle of Jackson, Mississippi, May 14, 1863 (Savas Battles & Leaders Series)...

Synonyms of bibliothetic

Origin of bibliothetic

From biblio- + -thetic.

Questions about bibliothetic

What does bibliothetic mean?
Bibliothetic means pertaining to libraries.
How do you use bibliothetic in a sentence?
It did, however, develop a bibliothetic culture.
What part of speech is bibliothetic?
Bibliothetic is an adjective.

Words near bibliothetic in the dictionary

  1. bibliotherapeutical
  2. bibliotherapies
  3. bibliotherapist
  4. bibliotherapists
  5. bibliotherapy
  6. bibliothetic
  7. bibliothetical
  8. bibliotic
  9. bibliotics
  10. bibliotist
  11. bibliotists

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