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Meaning of obolary | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
ˈɒbələɹi

Definitions

Possessing only small coins; impoverished.

nonce-word

Examples

“the distance is as vast between him and one of us, as subsisted between the Augustan majesty and the poorest obolary Jew that paid it tribute pittance at Jerusalem !”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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