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Definition of Encyclopaedias

1. encyclopaedia [n] - See also: encyclopaedia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Encyclopaedias

Literary usage of Encyclopaedias

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

1. Brief Making and the Use of Law Books by Roger William Cooley, William Minor Lile (1909)
"The use of digests for thus supplementing text-books and encyclopaedias will be explained when the general use of digests is considered.2 Similarly the use ..."

2. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum by Bernard Barham Woodward (1904)
"encyclopaedias. Grand Dictionnaire universel du xix" siècle, &c. ... encyclopaedias. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information . ..."

3. Reference Guides that Should be Known and how to Use Them: A Series of Eight by Florence May Hopkins (1916)
"Old encyclopaedias: Still good for articles concerning which no recent ... PROBLEMS ON THE USE OF encyclopaedias. Answer all general questions with ..."

4. Catalogueby Colorado State Library, Washburn Observatory, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.) by Colorado State Library, Washburn Observatory, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.) (1884)
"encyclopaedias—continued. Encyclopaedia Britannica, v. 12-16 Engineers, Society of. See Society of Engineers. 5 v. 4°. 1881-3 P 19 England, ..."

5. A List of Books and Articles, Chiefly Bibliographical, Designed to Serve as by Tom Peete Cross (1919)
"X. encyclopaedias, DICTIONARIES, AND LISTS OF REFERENCE BOOKS A. encyclopaedias and Dictionaries 156. BOSWORTH, JOSEPH. An Anglo-Saxon dictionary. ..."

6. Problems and Methods of Literary History: With Special Reference to Modern by André Morize (1922)
"encyclopaedias AND LARGE DICTIONARIES There is no need to call the attention of American students to the Encyclopaedia Britannica (nth ed., 1910-1911, ..."

7. Brief Making and the Use of Law Books by Roger William Cooley, William Minor Lile (1909)
"The use of digests for thus supplementing text-books and encyclopaedias will be explained when the general use of digests is considered.2 Similarly the use ..."

8. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum by Bernard Barham Woodward (1904)
"encyclopaedias. Grand Dictionnaire universel du xix" siècle, &c. ... encyclopaedias. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information . ..."

9. Reference Guides that Should be Known and how to Use Them: A Series of Eight by Florence May Hopkins (1916)
"Old encyclopaedias: Still good for articles concerning which no recent ... PROBLEMS ON THE USE OF encyclopaedias. Answer all general questions with ..."

10. Catalogueby Colorado State Library, Washburn Observatory, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.) by Colorado State Library, Washburn Observatory, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.) (1884)
"encyclopaedias—continued. Encyclopaedia Britannica, v. 12-16 Engineers, Society of. See Society of Engineers. 5 v. 4°. 1881-3 P 19 England, ..."

11. A List of Books and Articles, Chiefly Bibliographical, Designed to Serve as by Tom Peete Cross (1919)
"X. encyclopaedias, DICTIONARIES, AND LISTS OF REFERENCE BOOKS A. encyclopaedias and Dictionaries 156. BOSWORTH, JOSEPH. An Anglo-Saxon dictionary. ..."

12. Problems and Methods of Literary History: With Special Reference to Modern by André Morize (1922)
"encyclopaedias AND LARGE DICTIONARIES There is no need to call the attention of American students to the Encyclopaedia Britannica (nth ed., 1910-1911, ..."

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