"lawbook" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lawbooks [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps from Middle English *lawe-bok, from Old Norse lǫgbók (“lawbook”), otherwise, from law + book. Compare Old English laȝheboc. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*lawe-bok}} Middle English *lawe-bok, {{der|en|non|lǫgbók|t=lawbook}} Old Norse lǫgbók (“lawbook”), {{com|en|law|book}} law + book, {{cog|ang|laȝheboc}} Old English laȝheboc Head templates: {{en-noun}} lawbook (plural lawbooks)
  1. A book in which laws are codified. Translations (book in which laws are codified): Gesetzsammlung [feminine] (German), törvénygyűjtemény (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-lawbook-en-noun-xwIcz~eO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'book in which laws are codified': 98 2
  2. A textbook on some aspect of law. Categories (topical): Books
    Sense id: en-lawbook-en-noun-HwE4lDDi Disambiguation of Books: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: law-book, law book

Inflected forms

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