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English definition of “reference library”

reference library

noun [C] uk   us  
(a place for looking at) a collection of books that must be read only where they are kept and not taken away
(Definition of reference library from the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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