Cecilia
Americannoun
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Saint, died a.d. 230?, Roman martyr: patron saint of music.
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Also Cecillia. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “blind.”
noun
Example Sentences
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Maria said her daughters Charlotte, 12, and Cecilia, four, were probably cheering for Williams, one of their favourite players.
From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026
Cecilia Giménez, an elderly woman from Borja, northeast Spain, became famous 13 years ago after she attempted to restore the century-old painting titled Ecce Homo that was held in her local church.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
Mr. Blier, who co-founded the New York Festival of Song in 1988, recounts his proudest accomplishments—among them working with the mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, who “turned every song into an intimate duet.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Times special correspondents Liliana Nieto del Rio in Vienna and Cecilia Sanchez Vidal in Mexico City contributed to this report.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025
It was enough to make us all run away as fast as we could, up the hill without looking back, for fear of the evil Cecilia had set upon us.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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