Meaning of Clare | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A county of Ireland.
2. A female given name from Latin, more often spelled Claire from the 20th century onward.
3. Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
4. A surname from Old English derived from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) as an occupational name for a worker in clay.
5. A town in County Cavan, Ireland.
6. A small town and civil parish with a town council in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7745).
7. A male given name transferred from the surname, of quite uncommon usage.
8. A district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after County Clare.
9. A hamlet in Pyrton parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6798).
10. A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:
11. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois.
12. Ellipsis of Clare College, Cambridge.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
13. An unincorporated community in White River Township, Hamilton County, Indiana.
14. A minor city in Webster County, Iowa; after County Clare.
15. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas.
16. A city mostly in Clare County, Michigan; after its county and County Clare.
17. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
18. A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
19. A locality in the Balranald council area, south-western New South Wales, Australia.
20. A town in Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area, Mid North region, South Australia.
21. A unisex given name.

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Examples

“Life on Martha’s Vineyard has been mostly ideal for 11-year-old Mary Elizabeth Lambert, the protagonist of Ann Clare LeZotte’s historical novel SHOW ME A SIGN (Scholastic, 288 pp., $18.99; ages 8 to 12).”

“Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more, But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.”

“Following Francis' example, Clare founded an order of religious women known as the Poor Ladies of Assisi (like Francis' Poor Men), and later as the Clarissas or Poor Clares in her honor.”

“"What's your name?" "Clare Fairweather," she said. "Awful, isn't it?" and went away, hiding her mirth.”

“The chief house of the Clares in England stood near Aldgate; it was built by Blanche, queen of Navarre, and her husband Edmund, earl of Lancaster, Leicester and Darby, son to Henry III. and brother to Edward I. These nuns were Urbanists, and enjoyed revenues. They were called Clares or Minoresses, and their house the Minories...”

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