bookeryn.
/ˈbʊk(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈbʊkəri/ 1. The study of books; scholarship. rare.
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society > education > learning > study > [noun] > study of books
readingeOE
bookeOE
bookworkOE
bookery1597
1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. ii. ii. 30 Let them alone for mee, Busie their braines with deeper bookerie.
1843 T. Hood Let. 15 Sept. in Memorials (1860) II. v. 166 I have banished all thoughts of bookery, and mean to take my swing of idleness.
1999 B. N. Okpala Toasting Bride vi. 213 Years of accumulated wisdom and bookery.
2. A collection of books; a library, a bookshop.
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society > communication > book > library or collection of books > [noun]
library13..
Biblec1384
biblet1388
bibliothèque1549
bibliothecary1570
study1616
bookstock1796
bookery1798
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > others
speech-housec1050
watching-chamber1533
music room1608
service room1669
amphitheatre1694
lararium1706
well-room1731
lumber room1740
water room1774
bird room1776
grubbery1791
bookery1798
study1808
service room1833
selamlik1838
serving room1838
social space1851
mail room1856
rumpus room1930
birthing room1936
home office1960
romper room1961
dungeon1969
society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling books
bookstore1760
bookshop1762
novel-shop1806
bookery1904
remainder shop1912
booketeria1921
1798 Morning Chron. 25 Sept. Upon receipt of it [sc. a pamphlet], I retired into my bookery; I read it with avidity and attention.
1811 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1975) VI. 595 The Abbé..has a bookery in such elegant order, that people beg to go & see it.
1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Oct. 5 If these bookeries were not saved in time..the town authorities have reason to be ashamed.
1904 Editor Dec. 8 You roam the dingy bookeries Of city, burg and town.
1922 Printers' Ink 9 Mar. 165/1 A real ‘bookery,’ with walls solidly lined with book shelves or book cases.
2010 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 15 Aug. 18 Cavernous bookery in an underpass next to Central Station.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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