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Grimoire vs Codex - What's the difference?

grimoire | codex |

As nouns the difference between grimoire and codex

is that grimoire is a book of instructions in the use of magic or alchemy, especially summoning demons while codex is .

grimoire

English

(wikipedia grimoire)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A book of instructions in the use of magic or alchemy, especially summoning demons.

    • See also

    * bestiary * Necronomicon * gramarye ----

    codex

    English

    (wikipedia codex)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • an early manuscript book
  • a book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll
  • an official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients

    • Quotations

    * See codexes

    Related terms

    * caudex (botany) * code * codifier * codify * codification * (l)

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    Anagrams

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