Bodleian
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Bodleian
After Sir Thomas Bodley; see -an
Example Sentences
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It represents just a fraction of the Le Carré archive held at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, of which the Weston is a part, a collection comprising 1,237 boxes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
The poem had been kept in a shoe box before the Chandler family donated it, along with other papers, to the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford in the 1980s.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2023
Strand editor-in-chief Andrew Gulli says he found the poem in a shoe box at the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Library.
From Washington Times • Dec. 11, 2023
The medal, awarded by Oxford University’s 400-year-old Bodleian Libraries, honors contributions to literature, media or science.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2023
The one other way of talking to Oakley Street was through a cataloger at the Bodleian Library.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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