Definition of "laura" []

• A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior (noun)
• A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre. (noun)

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• "Although the term laura has been almost exclusively used with regard to Palestine, the type of monastery which it designated existed, not only there, but in Syria and Mesopotamia; in Gaul; in Italy; and among the Celtic monks."
• "January 22nd, 2010 at 4: 47 pm tombaker says: lt. laura is fuzzy’s raunchy female alter-ego."
• "And may i just add that im glad im not called laura?"