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PRISCILLA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Ancient Roman, Biblical

Pronounced: pri-SIL-ə (English)   [key]

Roman name, a diminutive of PRISCA. In Acts in the New Testament Paul lived with Priscilla and her husband Aquila in Corinth for a while. It has been used as an English given name since the Protestant Reformation, being popular with the Puritans. It was used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem 'The Courtship of Miles Standish' (1858).
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