What does "ashmolean" mean?

Of or pertaining to Elias Ashmole.

Ashmolean

Q: What is a synonym for "ashmolean"?

Common synonyms include: art museum, ashmolean related, institutional museum, museum, museum related, oxford museum.

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Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to Elias Ashmole. not-comparable

Proper Noun

1
Clipping of Ashmolean Museum. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

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art museum ashmolean related institutional museum museum museum related oxford museum

Antonyms

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non ashmolean outside ashmolean private collection private gallery

Etymology

From Ashmole + -an, named after English antiquary, politician, astrologer and alchemist Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), whose gift of his cabinet of curiosities became the basis of Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum.

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