obole

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noun

An obsolete French coin.

OriginFrench obole →
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Meanings

nounobole (plural oboles)

plural oboles

  1. historicalAn obsolete French coin.

    If a small ship arrives at Billingsgate it will give one obole as thelony [custom]

    2003, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Coins and Currency: An Historical Encyclopedia, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Frenchobole
  2. Englishobole

Borrowed from French obole. Doublet of obolus, obol, and pul.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

obole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obole

MLA

“obole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obole. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obole,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obole.

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