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Bodleian
[ bod-lee-uhn, bod-lee- ]
noun
- the library of Oxford University, reestablished by Sir Thomas Bodley, 1545–1613, English diplomat and scholar.
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to this library.
Bodleian
/ ˈbɒdlɪ-; bɒdˈliːən /
noun
- the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Bodleian1
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Example Sentences
The Bodleian Club is composed of gentlemen of culture, who are interested in books and book-collecting.
I have omitted to say that once or twice a year, at a meeting of which notice has been given, an auction is held at the Bodleian.
If the Bodleian had done nothing else, if it should do nothing more, it had produced a masterpiece.
There are two copies, one of the tenth and one of the eleventh century, among the Crawford Collection in the Bodleian.
In the same year he was appointed under-keeper of the Bodleian Library, and in 1665 librarian-in-chief.
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