Laura
Meanings
name
- A female given name from Latin.
noun
- A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
- A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.
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Etymology
From Late Latin saint's name Laura, from the feminine form of laurus (“laurel tree”). A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch's sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century.
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