Laura

Definitions

1. A female given name from Latin.
2. A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
   historical
3. A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.
   historical

Equivalents

18 more languages

العربيةلورا

CymraegLowri

DanskLaura

ΕλληνικάΛαύρα

EestiLaura

SuomiLaura

ItalianoLauralavra

日本語ローラ

Қазақ тіліЛаура

Latinalaura

LatviešuLaura

NederlandsLaura

NorskLaura

PolskiLauraławra

Portuguêslaura

РусскийЛа́ураЛора

SlovenščinaLavra

SvenskaLaura

Examples

“Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry⟳, she had a better love⟳ to be-rime her;”

“Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name⟳, he thought. I wish⟳ she were far away, so I could call⟳ her.”

“'Mine's Laura'./ 'A beautiful name⟳.'/ Laura has never liked her name⟳. It's too old-fashioned and has, to her mind⟳, a slightly whiny sound⟳, like⟳ the twang of a country and western guitar. In fact she was given the name⟳ because Michelle liked the song 'Tell⟳ Laura I Love⟳ Her'.”

“The request⟳ for a retraction centers around an October 28 segment on Laura Ingraham’s prime time show⟳, “The Ingraham Angle.””

“The solitaries of the Thebaid found that they became selfish wild beasts, or went mad, if they remained alone; and they formed themselves into lauras, 'lanes' of huts, convents, under a common abbot or father.”

“There were the cenobia, or monasteries proper, where the life was according to the lines laid down by St Basil; and there were the lauras, wherein a semi-eremitical life was followed, the monks living in separate⟳ huts within the enclosure.”

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