CODEX


Meaning of CODEX in English

/koh"deks/ , n. , pl. codices /koh"deuh seez', kod"euh-/ .

1. a quire of manuscript pages held together by stitching: the earliest form of book, replacing the scrolls and wax tablets of earlier times.

2. a manuscript volume, usually of an ancient classic or the Scriptures.

3. Archaic. a code; book of statutes.

[ 1575-85; codex, caudex tree-trunk, book (formed orig. from wooden tablets); cf. CODE ]

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