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 codices
 codex的複數形

 Co·dex n.; pl. Codices
 1. A book, especially an early form of book with pages stitched together, contrasting with the earlier scrolls; a manuscript; as, a DaVinci codex.
 2. A collection or digest of laws; a code(senses 2 or 4).  [archaic]
 3. An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament.
 4. A collection of canons.
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 codices
      See codex

 codex
      n 1: an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.
      2: an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as
         distinguished from a scroll) [syn: leaf-book]
      [also: codices (pl)]