source book

Noun

Meaning

a collection of historically important documents published together as a book

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

encyclopedia atlas almanac handbook gazetteer dictionary directory reference book wordbook

Hypernyms

reference reference book reference work book of facts

Examples

A source book in Chinese philosophy, Wing-tsit Chan, p137 Warring States period Legalism main Philosopher Han Fei synthesized together earlier the methods of his predecessors, which famous historian Sima Tan posthumously termed Legalism. Source: Internet

When I wrote home to ask my mother for money to buy a “Liber Usualis” — the source book of Gregorian chant, she responded by saying she didn’t know Yale was a Catholic school. Source: Internet

The source book is “Serving Secretly: An Intelligence Chief on Record. Source: Internet

Gilliam countered that both screenplays were based directly on the source book, and any similarities between the two screenplays were a direct consequence of this). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sourbread sourbush source source code source code escrow source configuration management