incunabulum -- Sister Jen and Auntie Mary

in·cu·nab·u·lum (nky-nby-lm, ng-) n. pl. in·cu·nab·u·la (-l) 1. A book printed before 1501; an incunable. 2. An artifact of an early period. [New Latin incnbulum, from sing. of Latin incnbula, swaddling clothes, cradle : in-, in; see in-2 + cnbula, cradle, infancy (from cnae, cradle; see kei-1 in Indo-European roots).] incu·nabu·lar (-lr) adj.

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Auntie Mary and Sister Jen prefer books they can read to incunabula they might collect.