Harleian Library

[ hahr-lee-uhn ]

/ ˈhɑr li ən /

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noun

a large library of manuscripts collected by the British statesman Robert Harley and his son and now housed in the British Museum.

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Origin of Harleian Library

<New Latin Harleiānus of, belonging to (Robert) Harley; see -an

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