Constance
WordNet

noun


(1)   The council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church
(2)   A lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River
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Etymology


A medieval form of the from a word meaning constancy.

Quotations

  • 1951 translation by Nevill Coghill of: 13?? Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: The Man of the Law's Tale:
    And forth she sailed the ocean salt and rude.
    O Constance, full of sweet solicitude,
    O Emperor's daughter of a mighty realm,
    He that is Lord of Fortune guide thy helm!


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Proper noun



  1. , cognate to English Constance.
 
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