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ex libris
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ex libris has 1 sense
- ex libris(n = noun.communication) bookplate - a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted; Array is a kind of gummed label, paster, sticker
CIDE DICTIONARY
ex libris, [L. ex from + libris books.].
An inscription, label, or the like, in a book indicating its ownership; esp., a bookplate. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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