Constance

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proper noun

A female given name from Latin.

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Council of Constance
OriginLatin Cōnstantia →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Latin.

    My name is Constance; I was Geffrey's wife; / Young Arthur is my son, and he is lost: / I am not mad:—I would to heaven I were!

    , Scene IV
    1 more example

    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!

    1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Man of the Law's Tale”, in Nevill Coghill, transl., The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977
  2. A surname.
  3. alternativeAlternative form of Konstanz, Germany, probably with influence from French Constance.
  4. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States.
  5. A former unincorporated community in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church

Similar
Council of Constance
Broader
council
Also see
konstanz

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LatinCōnstantia
  2. LatinCōnstantia
  3. EnglishConstance

Derived from Latin Cōnstantia. Doublet of Constantia.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 康斯坦絲 /康斯坦丝
  • 康斯坦絲 /康斯坦丝 (Kāngsītǎnsī)female given name
French Constance
  • Constancefemale given name
German Konstanze
  • Konstanzefemale given name
Greek Κωνσταντία
  • Κωνσταντία (Konstantía)female given name
Italian Costanza
  • Costanzafemale given name
Portuguese Constância
  • Constânciafemale given name
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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