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Definition of Obolary
1. a. Possessing only small coins; impoverished.
Definition of Obolary
1. Adjective. (nonce) Possessing only small coins; impoverished. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obolary
1. extremely poor [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obolary
Literary usage of Obolary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selected Essays of Lamb by Charles Lamb, Howard Bement (1912)
"Cf. Luke, ii, 1. 13. one of us: one of the lenders. Augustan Majesty: Augustus
Caesar, who called up the world to be taxed. 14. obolary: having only obols, ..."
2. The Works of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb (1852)
"... the Augustan Majesty and the poorest obolary Jew that paid it tribute- pittance
at Jerusalem !—His exactions, too, have such a cheerful, voluntary air ! ..."
3. The Works of Charles Lamb: to which are prefixed his letters, and a sketch by Charles Lamb (1871)
"... the Augustan Majesty and the poorest obolary Jew that paid it tribute-pittance
at Jerusalem ! — His exactions, too, have such a cheerful, voluntary air! ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1872)
"... 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 ! ..."
5. The English Familiar Essay: Representative Texts by William Frank Bryan, Ronald Salmon Crane (1916)
"... is as vast between him and one of us, as subsisted betwixt the Augustan Majesty
and the poorest obolary Jew that paid it tribute-pittance at Jerusalem ! ..."
6. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"as vast between him and one of us, as subsisted betwixt the Augustan Majesty and
the poorest obolary Jew that paid it tribute- pittance at Jerusalem ! ..."
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