owlery

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12
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12
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6

Definition of owlery

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An abode of owls.
    “Or perhaps there is now no heroic wisdom left in England; England, once the land of heroes, is itself sunk now to a dim owlery, and habitation of doleful creatures, intent only on money-making and other forms of catching mice, for whom the proper gospel is the gospel of M‘Croudy, and all nobler impulses and insights are forbidden henceforth?”
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noun

  1. An abode of owls.
    “Or perhaps there is now no heroic wisdom left in England; England, once the land of heroes, is itself sunk now to a dim owlery, and habitation of doleful creatures, intent only on money-making and other forms of catching mice, for whom the proper gospel is the gospel of M‘Croudy, and all nobler impulses and insights are forbidden henceforth?”
  2. A pen or enclosure for owls.

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Etymology

From owl + -ery.

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