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
- , cognate to English Constance.