Definition of Encyclopedias

1. Noun. (plural of encyclopedia) ¹

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Definition of Encyclopedias

1. encyclopedia [n] - See also: encyclopedia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Encyclopedias

encyclopaedian
encyclopaedias
encyclopaedic
encyclopaedical
encyclopaedicity
encyclopaedism
encyclopaedist
encyclopaedists
encyclopedia
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encyclopediacal
encyclopediae
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encyclopedialike
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encyclopedic dictionaries
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encyclopedic fiction
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encyclopediæ
encyclopædia
encyclopædiac

Literary usage of Encyclopedias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The National Standard Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Literature, the Sciences (1888)
"Much that is elaborately discussed in the great encyclopedias is of Value only to the special student, and the great standard works, by reason of their very ..."

2. A Manual of Church History by Albert Henry Newman (1899)
"INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE STUDY OF CHURCH HISTORY LITERATURE: Sections on Church History in the Theological Encyclopedias of ..."

3. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1915)
"... of the Encyclopedias mention this veteran frontiersman, we have been furnished by the Public Library of Kansas City with the following story of his ..."

4. Modern American Law: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the by Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth (1914)
"Editor: '' Cases on Criminal Law," "Cases on Criminal Procedure." Contributor to legal journals and encyclopedias. ..."

5. Modern American Law: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the by Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth (1917)
"... and Lecturer in Law, University of California. Author of various articles in legal encyclopedias and contributor to law journals. ..."

6. Modern American Law: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the by Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth (1915)
"... of Law, and Lecturer in Law, University of California. Author of various articles in legal encyclopedias and contributor to law journals. ..."

7. Catalogue of Books Suitable for a Popular Library by State Board of Library Commissioners, Michigan (1901)
"Encyclopedias. 0.31 Encyclopedia Britannica. Scribner's edition. NY, Scribner's Sons, 1878, 9th ed. $75 to $150 The genuine Britannica from the British ..."

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