noun
definition
One in a series of volumes.
definition
A large or scholarly book.
Examples of tomes in a Sentence
With proclamations, placaats and statutes abundantly filling huge tomes, the caprice of the governor was in truth the law.
I will never forget the musty smell of the place, especially in the back rooms where we kept hundreds of ancient reference tomes.
We are well aware of the multi-page tomes, written in dense legalese, which many people associate with the writing of wills.
Enormous, mystical tomes contain the wealth of arcane knowledge gathered by mages over the centuries of this guild's existence.
I have many tomes encountered case where people do not know where they are saving their word processing documents.
I discovered an old tattered copy among my father 's faded leather-bound tomes on a shelf in our hallway.
Several of the games are loosely based on classic Chinese literary tomes or are inspired by Chinese historical events.
The Monks toiled away for many years to create these great tomes what would now be created in days by modern technology.
The books range from pocket guides to large tomes.
There are two Powell's in Chicago and the stores primarily specialize in academic and scholarly tomes, including a good collection on medieval studies and classics.
Some of the most valuable antique tomes have been known to fetch stunning sums at collectors' auctions.
Set in a time when anyone can become a 'scientist' by reading ancient tomes and solitary study, it tells the story of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein, who yearns to discover the secret of 'life'.
P. Migne in the Patrologia Latina, tomes 160, 162 and 166 (Paris 1844).
P. Migne in the Patrologia Latina, tomes 97 and 104 (Paris, 1866).