lavra
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lavra (plural lavras or lavrae)
- Alternative form of laura
- 2000, Edward G. Mathews, Jr., Lavra, entry in William M. Johnston (editor), Encyclopedia of Monasticism: A-L, page 747,
- He left this and, together with a fellow monk, Theoctistus, founded a number of other monasteries and lavras, including the lavra on the cliff in Wadi Mukallik and another in the area of Mishor Adummim.
- 2002, Graham Speake, Mount Athos: Renewal in Paradise, page 43:
- The other 46 signatories of the Tragos can be assumed to have been hegoumenoi of lavras — no doubt perfectly well-run holy houses in their way, but they lacked the architectural grandeur of the Great Lavra, and they lacked its staying power too.
- 2011, Norman Tanner, New Short History of the Catholic Church, page 77:
- Also important were the lavras (colonies of hermits) established in Palestine between the fourth and early sixth centuries, notably those founded by St Euthymius (+473) and his disciple St Sabas (+532).
- 2000, Edward G. Mathews, Jr., Lavra, entry in William M. Johnston (editor), Encyclopedia of Monasticism: A-L, page 747,
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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lavra, from Latin labōra (“toil”).
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lavra f (plural lavras)
- authorship
- Synonym: autoria
- (uncountable) cultivation; agriculture
- Synonyms: cultivo, lavoura, agricultura
- act of tilling
- (Brazil) mine
- (Brazil, uncountable) mining
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lavra
- inflection of lavrar:
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lavra f
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lavra f
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