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Definitions for Codex

[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.
[4] a volume, in book form, of manuscripts of an ancient text
[5] obsolete a legal code

Words related to Codex

essay, album, novel, publication, dictionary, pamphlet, text, work, manual, textbook, fiction, volume, edition, magazine, booklet, brochure, writing, copy, tome, paperback

Words nearby Codex

codeine, codependent, coder, codetermination, codeword, codex, codex juris canonici, codfish, codger, codices, codicil

Origin of Codex

1575–85; < Latin cōdex, caudex tree-trunk, book (formed orig. from wooden tablets); cf. code

Word origin for Codex

C16: from Latin: tree trunk, wooden block, book

Synonyms for Codex

album, booklet, brochure, copy, dictionary, edition, essay, fiction, magazine, manual, novel, pamphlet, paperback, publication, text, textbook, tome, volume, work, writing, Bible, atlas, bestseller, compendium, dissertation, encyclopedia, folio, handbook, hardcover, leaflet, lexicon, monograph, nonfiction, octavo, offprint, omnibus, opus, periodical, portfolio, primer, quarto, reader, reprint, roll, scroll, speller, thesaurus, tract, treatise, opuscule, preprint, softcover, vade mecum