Definitions for codex

codex co·dex

Spelling: [koh-deks]
IPA: /ˈkoʊ dɛks/

Codex is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in codex (cdeox).

Definitions for codex

noun

  1. a quire of manuscript pages held together by stitching: the earliest form of book, replacing the scrolls and wax tablets of earlier times.
  2. a manuscript volume, usually of an ancient classic or the Scriptures.
  3. Archaic. a code; book of statutes.

Origin of codex

1575-85; Latin cōdex, caudex tree-trunk, book (formed orig. from wooden tablets); cf. code

Examples for codex

codex M. 53 contains all but book ii., and is of the 15th century.

The codex worked a revolution in human communication, and the human understanding of the text was never the same.

codex 15 is of the middle of the 15th century, and contains the last seven books.

codex 40 contains the first ten books; a copy, probably, of the former.

Phillipps, 275, in the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps, a codex ca.

B is the Vatican codex of about the middle of the fourth century.

Absent the codex, ideas would still be the province of a privileged priesthood.

codex, only, has the (seeming) note, An Arab calls it k (or kw).

The other codex according to Torinus, was found in Transsylvania by Io.

They possess emollient qualities and are official in the codex.

Word Value for codex
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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