biblio

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; book + &unr_; to write : cf. F. bibliographe. ] One who writes, or is versed in, bibliography. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. bibliographique. ] Pertaining to bibliography, or the history of books. -- Bib`li*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

pos>n.; pl. Bibliographies [ Gr. bibliografi`a: cf. F. bibliographie. ] 1. a history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a list of books or other printed works having some common theme, such as topic, period, author, or publisher. [ PJC ]

3. a list of the published (and sometimes unpublished) sources of information referred to in a scholarly discourse or other text, or used as reference materials for its preparation. [ PJC ]

4. the branch of library science dealing with the history and classification of books and other published materials. [ PJC ]

{ } n. [ See. Bibliolatry. ] A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bibli`on book + latrei`a service, worship, latrey`ein to serve. ] Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines 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. Coleridge. F. W. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to bibliology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + -logy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An account of books; book lore; bibliography. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The literature or doctrine of the Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + -mancy: cf. F. bibliomancie. ] A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events. [ 1913 Webster ]