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Thesauri

Thesaurus \The*sau"rus\, n.; pl. Thesauri. [L. See Treasure.] A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.

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thesauri

n. (en-irregular plural of: thesaurus)

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thesaurus
  1. n. a book containing a classified list of synonyms [syn: synonym finder]

  2. [also: thesauri (pl)]

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Bookcases filled with grimoires, daybooks, hornbooks, arcane thesauri, enchiridia, illuminated manuscripts, diaries, palimpsests, incunabula, claviculae, parerga, ana and epilegomena.

Ultimus tandem chalifarum cui sumtus, stipendia, reditus, et thesauri, culinae, caeteraque omnis aulica pompa priorum chalifarum ad instar comparata fuerint.

Esk ducked as a flock of thesauri wheeled past, towing their shelf behind them, and scuttled on hands and knees towards him.