MEANING
A book made of bound leaves, especially an early or handwritten book.
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- illuminated codex
- medieval codex
On the page
The codex lay open on the desk.
A missing leaf interrupted the medieval codex.
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Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular codex; plural codices or codexes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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