codex Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.
  2. noun an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)
    leaf-book.

WordNet

Co"dex noun
Etymology
L. See Code.
Wordforms
plural Codices
Definitions
  1. A book; a manuscript.
  2. A collection or digest of laws; a code. Burrill.
  3. An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament.
  4. A collection of canons. Shipley.

Webster 1913