different between sophie vs laura

English

Etymology

From Middle English sophie.

Noun

sophie (countable and uncountable, plural sophies)

1. Obsolete spelling of sophy (wisdom). [15th and 16th century]

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin sophia.

Noun

sophie (countable and uncountable, plural sophies)

1. (uncountable) sophy (wisdom)
2. (countable) sophy (sage)
3. God (the deity of Abrahamic religions)

References

• sophie in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “soph?e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2015-03-23.

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)

1. (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.

2. (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.

Anagrams

• aural

Basque

Adjective

laura

1. allative inanimate singular of lau

Noun

laura

1. allative singular of lau

Numeral

laura

1. allative singular of lau

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo.?a/

Verb

laura

1. 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

1. Egyptian rue (Ruta angustifolia)
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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

1. (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)