<hw>Bib`li*og"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, fr. <ets><?/</ets> book + <ets><?/</ets> to write : cf. F. <ets>bibliographe</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who writes, or is versed in, bibliography.</def>
<h1>Bibliographic, Bibliographical</h1> <Xpage=142>
<hw><hw>Bib`li*o*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bib`li*o*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>bibliographique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to bibliography, or the history of books.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Bib`li*o*graph"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>
<h1>Bibliography</h1> <Xpage=142>
<hw>Bib`li*og"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bibliographies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets>: cf. F. <ets>bibliographie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.</def>
<h1>Bibliolater, Bibliolatrist</h1> <Xpage=142>
<hw><hw>Bib`li*ol"a*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bib`li*ol"a*trist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See. <er>Bibliolatry</er>.]</ety> <def>A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration.</def>
<i> De Quincey.</i>
<h1>Bibliolatry</h1> <Xpage=142>
<hw>Bib`li*ol"a*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> book + <ets><?/</ets> service, worship, <ets><?/</ets> to serve.]</ety> <def>Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divine<?/ to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures.</def>
<i>Coleridge. F. W. Newman.</i>
<h1>Bibliological</h1> <Xpage=142>
<hw>Bib`li*o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to bibliology.</def>
<h1>Bibliology</h1> <Xpage=142>
<hw>Bib`li*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> book + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>An account of books; book lore; bibliography.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The literature or doctrine of the Bible.</def>
<h1>Bibliomancy</h1> <Xpage=142>
<hw>Bib"li*o*man`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> book + <ets>-mancy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>bibliomancie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.</def>
<h1>Bibliomania</h1> <Xpage=142>
<hw>Bib`li*o*ma"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> book + <ets><?/</ets> madness: cf. F. <ets>bibliomanie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A mania for acquiring books.</def>
<h1>Bibliomaniac</h1> <Xpage=142>
<hw>Bib`li*o*ma"ni*ac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who has a mania for books.</def> -- <def2><tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to a bibliomaniac.</def></def2>
<h1>Bibliomaniacal</h1> <Xpage=142>
<hw>Bib`li*o*ma*ni"ac*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac.</def>
<h1>Bibliopegic</h1> <Xpage=142>
<hw>Bib`li*o*peg"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> book + <ets><?/</ets> to make fast.]</ety> <def>Relating to the binding of books.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
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