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Bodleian|bɒdˈliːən, ˈbɒdlɪən|
[f. the name of Sir T. Bodley, who in 1597 restored and refounded the Library of the University of Oxford.]
a. adj. Of or pertaining to Sir T. Bodley or the Library bearing his name; hence
b. quasi-n. The Oxford University Library; also colloquially called Bodley.
c. fig. and transf.
1663Cowley Verses & Ess. (1669) 7 The mysterious Library, The Beatifick Bodley of the Deity. 1710H. Bedford Vind. Ch. Eng. 45 The Bodleian Copies of the Articles. 1862G. J. Whyte-Melville Ins. Bar. vi. (ed. 12) 297 The richest mental food the Bodleian itself can afford. 1884Spurgeon Clew of Maze 33 It is a million-times magnified Bodleian of teaching. |