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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

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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

Gibeon, a 11-1 shot, just held off the fast finish of 4-1 favourite Keble by a neck.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2015

There has scarcely perhaps been born into the world this century a purer and more loving soul than that of the late John Keble, the author of the "Christian Year."

From My Path to Atheism by Besant, Annie Wood