laura

¹

[lahv-rah, lah-vruh]

noun

Greek Orthodox Church.

1. a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.

Laura

²

[lawr-uh]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “laurel.”

Word History and Origins

Origin of laura¹

1720–30; < Medieval Greek laúra ( Greek: lane, passage)

Example Sentences

Along with team member Laura Clifton Byrne, an undergraduate at San Francisco State University, he also shadowed foraging chimpanzees, retrieving freshly dislodged fruits from beneath the canopy and measuring their alcohol content.

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Reeves told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that the OBR figures were clear that there had been "less fiscal space than there was" and that she had been "upfront" about her decision-making.

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Laura Lunn, advocacy and litigation director with the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network in Colorado, noted that rules against double jeopardy do not apply in these cases, so the government has the ability to appeal when it loses.

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Laura Murtagh, an independent local councillor and part of the counter-protest group Falkirk For All, said: "I've never felt unsafe in the way I feel unsafe at these protests."

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One of Mr Watt's ex partners, Laura Shearer, has decided to speak out for the first time.

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