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obleys

obleys is the plural of obley.

Meaning of obley

Noun

obley (plural obleys)

  1. (obsolete) A communion wafer.
    • 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 [...].1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII

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Questions about obleys

What is obleys the plural of?
Obleys is the plural of obley.

Words near obleys in the dictionary

  1. obleeged
  2. obleeges
  3. obleeging
  4. Obletz
  5. obley
  6. obleys
  7. oblig'd
  8. obligability
  9. obligable
  10. obligala
  11. obligalas

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