Bodleian

adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to the Bodleian Library. broadly, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of Bodleian Library. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Example

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"Sir Robert Saville writing to Sir Robert Cotton, appointing an interview with the founder of the Bodleian Library, cautions Sir Robert, that “If he held any book so dear as that he would be loath to lose it, he should not let Sir Thomas out of his sight, but set ‘the boke’ aside beforehand.”"

Etymology

From Bodley + -an, named after English diplomat and scholar Sir Thomas Bodley (1545–1613), founder of Oxford University's Bodleian Library.

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