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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 !”

CEFR level

B1

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

See also

obomegoid oboval obovate obovoid obovoidal obpandurate