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laura
English
Alternative forms
- lavra
Etymology
From the Late Latin laura, from Ancient Greek ????? (laúra, “lane, path”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?l???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l????/
- Rhymes: -??r?
Noun
laura (plural lauras or laurae)
- (historical, Roman Catholic Church) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
- 1864, Charles Kingsley, Lecture IX: The Monk a Civilizer, The Roman and the Teuton: A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the University of Cambridge, page 240,
- 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.
- 1864, Charles Kingsley, Lecture IX: The Monk a Civilizer, The Roman and the Teuton: A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the University of Cambridge, page 240,
- (historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.
- 1966, E. C. Butler, Chapter XVIII: Monasticism, H. M. Gwatkin, J. P. Whitney (editors), The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 1, page 529,
- 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.
- 1966, E. C. Butler, Chapter XVIII: Monasticism, H. M. Gwatkin, J. P. Whitney (editors), The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 1, page 529,
Anagrams
- aural
Basque
Adjective
laura
- allative inanimate singular of lau
Noun
laura
- allative singular of lau
Numeral
laura
- allative singular of lau
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo.?a/
Verb
laura
- third-person singular past historic of laurer
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?lau?.ra/, [???äu??ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?lau?.ra/, [?l??u?r?]
Etymology 1
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Noun
laura f (genitive laurae); first declension
- Egyptian rue (Ruta angustifolia)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Apuleius to this entry?)
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- laura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 894/1
Etymology 2
From the Ancient Greek ????? (laúra).
Noun
laura f (genitive laurae); first declension
- (Late Latin) monastery, convent, laura
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
- ? English: laura
References
- laura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- “Laura” on page 404 of Domenico Magri’s Hierolexicon, ?ive Sacrum Dictionarium (editio omnium recentissima, augmented by Stefano Sciugliaga, 1765)
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brock
English
Etymology
From Middle English brok, from Old English broc (“badger”), related to Danish brok (“badger”); both probably originally from a Celtic source akin to Irish broc, Welsh broch, Cornish brogh and thus ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brokkos.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /b??k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
brock (plural brocks)
- (Britain) a male badger.
- (archaic, possibly obsolete) A brocket, a stag between two and three years old.
- (obsolete) A dirty, stinking fellow.
Verb
brock (third-person singular simple present brocks, present participle brocking, simple past and past participle brocked)
- To taunt.
- 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, (Penguin Books, paperback edition, p.112)
- Then other boys noticed that he had a softness for me, and brocked us both, so that I, who had been as unconscious as ever of anything erotic, suddenly learnt what was going on &, by some profound power of suggestion, what my feelings actually were.
- 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, (Penguin Books, paperback edition, p.112)
Anagrams
- Borck
Scots
Etymology 1
Old Scots brok or broke, from Old English broc, Scottish Gaelic broc (“badger”).
Noun
brock (plural brocks)
- badger
- a despised person
Etymology 2
From Old English gebroc (“fragment”), from brecan (“to break”).
Noun
brock (plural brocks)
- leftovers, scraps of bread or meat
- rubbish, (especially) something broken
- something or someone of little worth, small potatoes
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