Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small French coin of billon (sometimes also of silver), in use from the tenth to the fifteenth century.
- noun Same as
obol . - noun In pharmacy, the weight of 10 grains, or half a scruple.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Old Pharm.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
obsolete money from France
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Examples
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They have received entire, and without losing an obole of it, the heritage of the Greek Sophists.
The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism Ernest Naville
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Plus, il doit a maints particuliers La somme de dix mil une livre une obole, Pour l'avoir sans relache un an sur sa parole
Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic Henri Bergson 1900
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Et Ketty n'avait plus une obole, car elle avait abandonn ` e son ch ` ateaux aux malheureux.
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The whole superintendence of the school is now in the hands of his masters; he just shows a visitor into the room, and reappears as you are going away with a look that pleads irresistibly for an obole of praise.
The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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