Boyle Lectures
Preserved but no longer current.
A course of eight sermons on natural and revealed religion delivered annually at St. Mary-le-Bow Church, London. They were instituted by the Hon. Robert Boyle, and began m 1692, the year after his death.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Boyle Lectures” mean?
A course of eight sermons on natural and revealed religion delivered annually at St. Mary-le-Bow Church, London. They were instituted by the Hon. Robert Boyle, and began m 1692, the year after his death.
Is “Boyle Lectures” formal or informal?
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