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   ex libris

   /ˌɛks ˈlɪbrɪs/

   adverb

   • 1. used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: "ex libris Edith Wharton"

   noun

   • 1. a bookplate inscribed to show the name of the book's owner.

   Word Origin Latin, literally ‘out of the books or library (of someone)’.

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