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 Trustees of the Wilson Archive had found anonymous donors, who would fund the Bodleian Library in Oxford buying the papers.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024
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
Drawing on decades spent combing through Oxford’s Bodleian Library and other collections, Ms. Duncan-Jones gave the world someone disquietingly different.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022
“No. It’s what she gets up to in the Bodleian Library.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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