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Definition of Liber

1. n. The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fiber of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.

Definition of Liber

1. a book of public records [n LIBRI or LIBERS]

Medical Definition of Liber

1. The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fibre of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc. Liber cells, elongated woody cells found in the liber. Origin: L. See Libel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Liber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It falls lief ore ¡he simple fact that the first part of the "liber Pontificalis" was ... In the document, he holds, from which the compiler of the "liber ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"See LAPSED. liber COMICUS. See PERICOPE, §§ 5-«. liber DIURNUS ... 1688) and by F. Bianchini in his edition of the liber ..."

3. Journal by Bond & Share Society, New Hampshire Dental Society, American Wine Society, Manning Valley Historical Society (1908)
"A Calendar of the liber Niger and liber Albus of Christ Church, Dublin. By Rev. Hugh Jackson Lawlor, DD Price as. 3. Ancient Charters of the liber Albus ..."

4. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"In celebérrima Vrbe Parisiens!. 1495. 4to. Contains fol. cxxv. liber ... liber Festivalis, 156 folios, besides the title-page: it ie only numbered to ..."

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