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Lois
Lois
English
Proper noun
Lois
- The grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him.
- 1611, Bible (KJV):: 2 Timothy 1: 5:
- When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
- 1611, Bible (KJV):: 2 Timothy 1: 5:
- A female given name of biblical origin.
- 1962 V.S.Naipaul: The Middle Passage: p.48:
- Modernity might also lie in a name like Lois - pronounced Loys in Trinidad - which came to the island in the 1940s through Lois Lane, the heroine of the American Superman comic strip.
- 1962 V.S.Naipaul: The Middle Passage: p.48:
Translations
biblical character
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female given name
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