Synonyms for libraries


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lahy-brer-ee, -bruh-ree, -bree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪˌbrɛr i, -brə ri, -bri


Définition of libraries

Origin :
  • place for books, late 14c., from Anglo-French librarie, Old French librairie "collection of books" (14c.), noun use of adj. librarius "concerning books," from Latin librarium "chest for books," from liber (genitive libri) "book, paper, parchment," originally "the inner bark of trees," probably a derivative of PIE root *leub(h)- "to strip, to peel" (see leaf). The equivalent word in most Romance languages now means "bookseller's shop." Old English had bochord, literally "book hord."
  • noun book repository
Example sentences :
  • His clothes, you see, are covered with the dust of libraries.
  • Extract from : « Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • It owns considerable property, including houses and libraries.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • They are especially proud of their universities, libraries and cathedrals.
  • Extract from : « Getting to know Spain » by Dee Day
  • The Via Media has slept in libraries; it is a substitute of infancy for manhood.
  • Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman
  • Assessed Taxes Department in relation to decay of libraries, 192.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton
  • United States well stocked with libraries, 176—its citizens as book-hunters, 177.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton
  • Wars and revolutions, factors in the destruction of libraries, 209.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton
  • In 1875 there were only nine libraries containing 100,000 volumes or over.
  • Extract from : « The Booklover and His Books » by Harry Lyman Koopman
  • The use of buckram has been mostly abandoned by the libraries.
  • Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
  • A strictly uncut book is in many American libraries a rarity.
  • Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford

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