bibliothecal
- adjective
- /ˌbɪbliəˈθiːkəl/
- Archaic
- The rare volumes were kept in a bibliothecal archive accessible only to researchers.
Examples
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Her bibliothecal duties required cataloguing thousands of new books each year.
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The report described changes in bibliothecal administration across the country's academic institutions.
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The bibliothecal resources are essential for research.
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She attended a bibliothecal conference last month.
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Her bibliothecal duties required cataloguing thousands of new books each year.
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The report described changes in bibliothecal administration across the country's academic institutions.
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She attended a bibliothecal conference last month.
Synonyms
Relating to libraries, their organization, or librarians
Surface Forms
Morphology
bibliothecal = bibliotheca (semi-transparent) = bibliotheca + al
The word is a learned and fairly direct formation from 'bibliotheca' plus '-al', but the base is itself rare and not likely to be familiar to many learners.
Etymology
Bibliothecal comes from Greek roots biblio- 'book' and -theca 'box' or 'place', so it originally pictured a 'place for books'. You can see the same biblio- in bibliography, and that is why bibliothecal means 'relating to a library'.
