Tōme, n.

n. [Fr. tome, It., Sp., & Pg. tomo, Lat. tomus, from Gr. τόμος, a piece cut off, a part of a book, a volume, from τέμνειν, to cut.] As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming the part of a larger work; usually, a ponderous volume; a book.

A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is not to be found in all the tomes of the casuists. Macaulay.