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encyclopaedia

/ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).di.ə/ noun C2
  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of encyclopedia.

Plural encyclopaedias

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I’ve been through the encyclopaedia down to Y looking for something you can’t buy with it; and I expect to have to take up the appendix next week.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 9 · C1

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