laura

See also: Laura

English

A laura (cluster of caves for hermits)

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin (deprecated template usage) laura, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek the (deprecated template usage) λαύρα (laúra).

Alternative forms

• lavra

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɔːrə

Noun

laura (plural lauras)

1. (deprecated template usage) (historical, Roman Catholicism) 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. (deprecated template usage) (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

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlau̯.ra/, [ˈɫ̪äu̯rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlau̯.ra/, [ˈläːu̯rä]

Etymology 1

laura flōrēns

Etymology

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Noun

1. Egyptian rue ()
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References

• laura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 894/1.

Etymology 2

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek λαύρα (laúra).

Noun

1. (Late Latin) monastery, convent, laura

Descendants

• English: laura

References

• “Laura” on page 404 of Domenico Magri’s Hierolexicon, ſive Sacrum Dictionarium (editio omnium recentissima, augmented by Stefano Sciugliaga, 1765)