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Keble

American  
[kee-buhl] / ˈki bəl /

noun

  1. John, 1792–1866, English clergyman and poet.


Keble British  
/ ˈkiːbəl /

noun

  1. John. 1792–1866, English clergyman. His sermon on national apostasy (1833) is considered to have inspired the Oxford Movement

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"You can certainly imagine Dominic Solanke linking with Wilson Odobert in a way Wissa and Mbeumo interact," added Keble.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025

Keble Jackson, a 42-year-old Brooklyn Nets fan, spent the rest of the 20-minute ride conversing about his point.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2019

As he passed the luminous greensward of Keble College’s cricket field, players in their whites could be seen throwing up their arms as a wicket was taken.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 17, 2018

Researchers at the Relics Cluster at Keble College, Oxford University, have dated a pelvic bone fragment attributed to Saint Nicholas to the 4th century, which aligns with the traditional life span of the saint.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2017

And Keble is right so far as concerns the true children and friends of God, subject, as their highest control, to the law of love.

From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by John Ruskin

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