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Definition of Lawrence

1. Noun. Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258).

2. Noun. Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935).

3. Noun. English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830).

4. Noun. English actress (1898-1952).

5. Noun. United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958).

6. Noun. English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930).

7. Noun. A town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856.

Definition of Lawrence

1. Proper noun. ( male given name), the usual spelling of Laurence in the U.S. ¹

2. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Lawrence

1. R.D., 20th century English physician. See: Lawrence-Seip syndrome. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lawrence

Laverania Lavern Laverna Laverne Lavigne Lavinia Lavoisier Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria Lavukaleve Law

Law French Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu Law of Demeter Law of Moses Lawanda Lawrence (current term) Lawrence Durrell Lawrence George Durrell Lawrence Peter Berra Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrenson Lawrentian Lawrie Laws Lawson Lawson's cedar Lawson's cypress Lawson criterion Lawton

Literary usage of Lawrence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The saintly Bishop of Milan also states that St. Lawrence was burned to death on a gridiron (De offic., xli). In like manner, but with more poetical detail, ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"The present contributor's collection of Lawrence family papers ... This Mr. Lawrence corresponds with Thomas Lawrence (husband of Catherine Lewis), ..."

3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1920)
"Delia M. Lawrence the wife of A Lawrence Born August 13th 1813 Francis ... Henry Edwin Lawrence Born March 24th 1840.* Mary Louisa Lawrence Born May 20th ..."

4. Bulletin by Kentucky Geological Survey (1905)
"100.00 4.714 With 6 Recent developments in Lawrence county on the several tributaries of ... Lawrence CO. Slate Coal 12 Bony Coal 12* Coal 40" WEBB'S COAL, ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In 1814 he became one of the firm of A. and A. Lawrence, which for many years conducted ... He founded the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University, ..."

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