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Bibliothec vs Librarian - What's the difference?

bibliothec | librarian |

As a noun bibliothec

is (obsolete) a library.

As a verb librarian is

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bibliothec

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A library.
  • * (en)
  • A .
  • * 1708 , George Mackenzie, The Lives and Characters of the mo?t Eminent Writers of the Scots Nation , volume I, preface, page ii:
  • But if they, who are of this Opinion, would but Reflect a little upon the Materials which the Learn’d Men of this Age have afforded by their'' Bibliothecs''', Hi?torical Dictionaries ''and'' Journals, ''they would quickly perceive their Mi?take. By their'' '''Bibliothecs''' ''I do not here mean their'' Libraries, ''but their Elaborate Compo?ures Publi?h’d under that Title, ?uch as the'' New Eccle?ia?tical '''Bibliothec ''of'' M. Du Pin, ''wherein we have an Ab?tract of all the Works of the'' Eccle?ia?tical Writers, ''who have liv’d ?ince the Birth of our'' Saviour ''till the Beginning of the la?t Age; which truly is a Work of ?uch Labour and Learning, that it is de?ervedly e?teem’d one of the be?t'' Eccle?ia?tical Hi?tories ''that ever the'' World ''had.

    librarian

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The keeper, manager of a library
  • One who cares for the publications, files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer
  • A person who processes and organizes information
  • Derived terms

    * librarianship

    Synonyms

    * library-keeper (archaic)