bibliothecarialadj.
/ˌbɪblɪəʊθiːˈkɛːrɪəl/ = bibliothecary adj.
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society > communication > book > library or collection of books > [adjective]
bibliothecarian1685
bibliothecal1811
bibliothec1816
bibliothecary1820
bibliothecarial1889
1889 Athenæum 27 Apr. 539/2 Of the two sets of terms that are so constantly confounded, one may be said to be bibliographical or scientific, the other bibliothecarial or practical.
1893 F. Madan Bks. in MS. vii. 75 The one great bibliothecarial fact of antiquity is the Library of Alexandria.
1918 Bodleian Q. Rec. II. 156 So little has happened in Bodley in this Long Vacation that it is lawful to extravagate a little in Oxonian (and not purely bibliothecarial) pastures.
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adj.1889