Priscilla

Proper noun

Priscilla

1. A female given name from Latin of biblical origin.
   • Letters written by Alden, and full of the name of Priscilla, / Full of the name and the fame of the Puritan maiden Priscilla!1858, Henry Wadswoth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish
   • '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...2003, Minette Walters, Disordered Minds, Macmillan., →ISBN, page 354
2. An early Christian, mentioned in the Bible and also known as Prisca.
   • 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.