Bĭb'li-o-thēke, n.

noun

n. [Fr. bibliothèque, Lat. bibliotheca, Gr. βιβλιοθήκη, from βιβλίον and Lat. theca, Gr. θήκη, a case, box, from τιθέναι, to set, place.] A library. [Obs.] Bale.