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  • proper noun A female given name; of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world.

Etymologies

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A latinate form of the French Clotilde, of Germanic origin.

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Examples

  • In his rude style he made imaginary bargains with the Most High: "so much reverence to 'Clotilda's God,' so many offerings at the shrine of St. Martin, so much land to the church of St. Genovefa, on condition that I shall beat down my enemies before me and extend my dominions from the Seine to the Pyrenees".

    Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Thomas Hodgkin 1872

  • His "Clotilda," Castlewood went on to say, "was still delicate, and her physicians thought her lying-in had best take place at Paris.

    The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • I especially miss my own group, Fatima Nunes, Clotilda Lobo & Rekha Karkera with whom I would walk back home after school everyday!

    Hey Annites ! Anjali 2008

  • I especially miss my own group, Fatima Nunes, Clotilda Lobo & Rekha Karkera with whom I would walk back home after school everyday!

    Archive 2008-08-01 Anjali 2008

  • However, Clotilda didn't not give up her goal of converting her husband, she prayed, she beseeched God, she spoke plainly to her pagan husband about the true God.

    St. Clotilde - Icon of motherhood Part I Marguerite 2007

  • Me and my other three friends, Clotilda, Fatima and Rekha walked back home everyday from Regal to Fort taking in all the smells.

    Bows to my Alma Mater Anjali 2007

  • However, Clotilda didn't not give up her goal of converting her husband, she prayed, she beseeched God, she spoke plainly to her pagan husband about the true God.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Marguerite 2007

  • Madame Pernoud demonstrates how repeatedly throughout the West the Faith was introduced to a country through the efforts and perseverance of devout queens, from Bertha in England to Clotilda in France to Olga in Kiev. pp.

    Archive 2009-06-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • Clotilda would have three more children, Childebut, Clotaire and Clotilda.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Marguerite 2007

  • Clotilda would have three more children, Childebut, Clotaire and Clotilda.

    St. Clotilde - Icon of motherhood Part I Marguerite 2007

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