Priscilla

English edit

Feminine diminutive form of a Roman cognomen Priscus, from Latin prisca (“ancient”).

Priscilla

A female given name from Latin of biblical origin.
- 1858, Henry Wadswoth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish:
  Letters written by Alden, and full of the name of Priscilla, / Full of the name and the fame of the Puritan maiden Priscilla!
- 2003, Minette Walters, Disordered Minds, Macmillan., →ISBN, page 354:
  'Priscilla,' she said, --- 'The same name I've had for twenty years!' She smiled cynically. 'And, before you ask why, I was stoned when I chose it, so any thoughts of Cill were in my subconscious. I used to think it was classier than Louise or Daisy... probably because the Trevelyans were such snobs.'
An early Christian, mentioned in the Bible and also known as Prisca.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 18:2:
  :
  And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.

biblical woman

female given name

Borrowed from Latin Priscilla.

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