"bookhouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bookhouses [plural]
Etymology: From book + house, probably as a calque of Old English bōchūs (“library, bookhouse”) (which became Middle English bochous (“library”), but then died out). Etymology templates: {{com|en|book|house}} book + house, {{calque|en|ang|bōchūs|nocap=1|t=library, bookhouse}} calque of Old English bōchūs (“library, bookhouse”), {{cog|enm|bochous|t=library}} Middle English bochous (“library”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bookhouse (plural bookhouses)
  1. A repository for books, a library; a store of books. Hyponyms: library, bookstore

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