Meaning of Laura | Babel Free

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

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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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