obole

American  

[ob-ohl] / ˈɒb oʊl /

noun

1. a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.

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Etymology

Origin of obole

1595–1605; < French < Latin obolus obolus

Example Sentences

Et Ketty n'avait plus une obole, car elle avait abandonn`e son ch`ateaux aux malheureux.

From The Countess Cathleen by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

They have received entire, and without losing an obole of it, the heritage of the Greek Sophists.

From The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism by Downton, Henry

In current coinage an obole was of the value of a fraction over 1 1/4d.

From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Wright, Dudley

Et Ketty n'avait plus une obole, car elle avait abandonn� son ch�teux aux malheureux.

From Poems by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

At both the Lesser Mysteries and the Greater Mysteries a charge of one obole a day was demanded from each one attending, which was given to the hierophant.

From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Wright, Dudley