Definitions for codices

codices co·di·ces

Spelling: [koh-duh-seez, kod-uh-]
IPA: /ˈkoʊ dəˌsiz, ˈkɒd ə-/

Codices is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 138 anagrams from letters in codices (ccdeios).

Definitions for codices

noun

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

Origin of codices

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

Examples for codices

The three other forms found in the codices are shown in LXV, 35, 36, 37.

No greater number than this has ever been found in any of the codices or on the monuments.

Another very important function of the codices is the presentation of astronomical phenomena and calculations.

I'd only accept it so far as it agrees with the Vulgate and the codices.

In the codices, on the other hand, some little progress has made been in reading glyphs of the second group.

His sign is found throughout the codices, in paintings, and among the glyphs.

Much might be said on the codices and books that have been left us by the historians.

Outlines of the glyphs: a, b, In the codices; c, in the inscriptions.

The Aztec codices contain many glyphs which are to be interpreted ikonomatically, that is, like our own rebus writing.

The usual forms in the codices are seen at 40-42 of the same plate.

Word Value for codices
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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