Bodleian

Bodleian
/bod lee"euhn, bod"lee-/, n.
1. the library of Oxford University, reestablished by Sir Thomas Bodley, 1545-1613, English diplomat and scholar.
adj.
2. of, pertaining to, or belonging to this library.
[after Sir Thomas Bodley; see -AN]

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