laura
nomcourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈlɔːɹə//
- États-Unis//ˈlɔɹə//
A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
nom
- 1
historiqueA number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
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
historiqueA cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.
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.
Étymologie
From the Late Latin laura, from Ancient Greek λαύρα (laúra, “lane, path”).
Formes
- pluriel
- lauras, laurae
laura · A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
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