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nobley

Middle English

Etymology

Old French nobleie.

Noun

nobley

  1. The body of nobles; the nobility.
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  2. Noble birth; nobility; dignity.
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obley

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman obblé, oblei et al., Old French oblee, obleie et al., from Late Latin oblata (light pastry; communion wafer), noun use of the feminine past participle of Latin offerre (to offer).

Noun

obley (plural obleys)

  1. (obsolete) A communion wafer. [14th-19th c.]
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII:
      And than the bysshop made sembelaunte as thoughe he wolde have gone to the sakeryng of a Masse, and than he toke an obley which was made in lyknesse of brede [...].

Anagrams

  • Boley, Boyle, boyle

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