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setbook

setbook is the alternative form of set book.

Meaning of set book

Noun

set book (plural set books)

  1. (Commonwealth) A book or other text assigned for reading as part of a course.
    • Since the Apostolic Canons seem to have played the rôle of a set book at Wittenberg […] we may perhaps guess that Melanchthon and may be other lecturers commented on them several times.1961, Pierre Fraenkel, Testimonia Patrum: The Function of the Patristic Argument in the Theology of Philip Melanchthon, page 22
    Synonyms:
    coursebook, set text

Forms of setbook

pluralsetbooks

Questions about setbook

What is setbook the alternative form of?
Setbook is the alternative form of set book.

Words near setbook in the dictionary

  1. setazindol
  2. setback
  3. setbacks
  4. setbolt
  5. setbolts
  6. setbook
  7. setbooks
  8. setdown
  9. setdowns
  10. Sete Cidades
  11. Sete Quedas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: setbook (page history and authors); set book (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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