Lois

Definitions

1. The grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him.
2. A female given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin.

Equivalents

Examples

“When I call⟳ to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.”

“Modernity might also lie⟳ in a name⟳ like⟳ Lois - pronounced Loys in Trinidad - which came to the island in the 1940s through Lois Lane, the heroine of the American Superman comic strip⟳.”

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