Bodleian

[ bod-lee-uhn, bod-lee- ]

noun

1. the library of Oxford University, reestablished by Sir Thomas Bodley, 1545–1613, English diplomat and scholar.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to this library.

Bodleian

/ ˈbɒdlɪ-; bɒdˈliːən /

noun

1. the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bodleian¹

After Sir Thomas Bodley; -an

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bodleian¹

C17: named after Sir Thomas Bodley (1545–1613), English scholar who founded it in 1602

Example Sentences

The Trustees of the Wilson Archive had found anonymous donors, who would fund the Bodleian Library in Oxford buying the papers.

From BBC

The poem had been kept in a shoe box before the Chandler family donated it, along with other papers, to the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford in the 1980s.

From New York Times

Strand editor-in-chief Andrew Gulli says he found the poem in a shoe box at the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Library.

From Washington Times

The medal, awarded by Oxford University’s 400-year-old Bodleian Libraries, honors contributions to literature, media or science.

From Seattle Times

Oxford University said that the Sackler name will be kept on the Clarendon Arch, a slate tablet near the entrance of the Bodleian Library, and on the Ashmolean Museum’s donor board that is displayed for “the purposes of historical recording of donations to the university.”

From New York Times