tome tohm noun WS #40

a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned one; a volume forming part of a larger work; a scholarly or weighty book

1. The library's rare book collection included a leather-bound tome from the fifteenth century.
2. She spent hours reading the massive tome on European history that covered over a thousand years.
3. The ancient tome contained centuries-old wisdom about herbal medicine and natural healing practices.
4. The professor's latest tome on quantum physics was so dense that few students could understand it completely.
5. The legal tome contained every precedent and statute relevant to constitutional law in the country.