setbook

English

Noun

setbook (plural setbooks)

  1. Alternative form of set book.
    • 1981, Ruth Mellinkoff, The Mark of Cain‎[1], →ISBN, page 49:
      A similar interest in particulars appears in the exegesis of Peter Comestor (d. 1179) who, however, shifts the emphasis from Cain's limbs in general to Cain's head, in his famous Historia Scholastica which became the standard work on biblical history, serving as a setbook in the schools and as a classic for both clergy and laity.
    • 2004, Sandra Cleary, The Communication Handbook: A Student Guide to Effective Communication‎[2], →ISBN, page 204:
      Background reading can include lecture notes, handout material, setbooks, books on reading lists and other texts.
    • 2014, Jeremiah Gitau Kiereini, A Daunting Journey‎[3], →ISBN, page 40:
      As far as our studies were concerned, there were no locally produced setbooks, and if our education seemed rather foreign, we nevertheless had no choice in the matter.
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