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Definition of Catherine
1. Noun. First wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536).
2. Noun. Empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796).
Definition of Catherine
1. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek female given name). ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Catherine
Literary usage of Catherine
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, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"catherine is described as an extraordinarily holy child, highly gifted in the
... Details are scanty, but it seems at least clear that catherine spent the ..."
2. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"catherine. That is due to proper care of my health and a ... catherine. I am a
nurse. PASCAL. Don't you get tired of living with a man, day and night? ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"Other works by catherine Winkworth are: 1. 'Life of Amelia Wilhelmina Sieve- king
... 1820, and received much the same education as her sister catherine. ..."
4. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"No," said catherine, after a few moments' reflection, " I do not: ought I ?
To say the truth, though I am hurt and grieved that I cannot still love her, ..."
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