Definition of Laurae

1. laura [n] - See also: laura

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laurae

laundry lists
laundry mark
laundry truck
laundrymaid
laundrymaids
laundryman
laundrymat
laundrymats
laundrymen
laundrywoman
laundrywomen
launds
laura
lauraceae
lauraceous
laurae (current term)
lauras
laurate
laurates
laureate
laureated
laureates
laureateship
laureateships
laureating
laureation
laureations
laurel
laurel-tree
laurel cherry

Literary usage of Laurae

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

1. Journal of Theological Studies (1900)
"... though his measurements and mine differ by a few millimetres. Gregory's description is as follows :— '1071. in Atho laurae; saec XII, ..."

2. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1851)
"When, in those early centuries, an army of ten or twenty thousand anchorites peopled these wildernesses, forming laurae, or communities, each under the ..."

3. 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)
"Solitary and cénobite had each a special dross, the names and uses of which are well known. The laurae, and convents, ..."

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