laura

/L AO1 R AH0/
noun
  1. 1

    A female given name from Latin.

  2. 2

    (historical, Eastern Orthodoxy) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.

  3. 3

    (historical, Roman Catholicism) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior