Cicely vs Cecilia - What's the difference?
cicely | cecilia |
, a variant of Cecily and Cecilia used since the Middle Ages.
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* 1694 (Joseph Addison), A Song for St. Cecilia's Day :
* 1854 (Charles Dickens), :
* 1928 Lynn Montross, Silent Minstrel , in (American Magazine), Vol. 106, page 14:
Cecilia is a related term of cicely.
As proper nouns the difference between cicely and cecilia
is that cicely is {{given name|female|from=Latin}}, a variant of Cecily and Cecilia used since the Middle Ages while Cecilia is {{given name|female|from=Latin|}}.As a noun cicely
is species: Myrrhis odorata, a plant in the genus genus: Myrrhis, in the family Apiaceae.cicely
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- First Servant . - - - Sometimes you would call out for Cicely Hacket.
- Sly . Ay, the woman's maid of the house.
Anagrams
*cecilia
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Hark how the flutes and trumpets raise / At bright Cecilia' s name, their lays!
- ‘Sissy is not a name,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Don’t call yourself Sissy. Call yourself Cecilia'.’ ‘It’s father as calls me Sissy, sir,’ returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey. ‘Then he has no business to do it,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Tell him he mustn’t. ' Cecilia Jupe. Let me see. What is your father?’
- Because they had named her Cecilia , her parents fancied that the matter of her life and character had been fairly well settled. She would, of course, be quiet and pale and mystical, like the saint whose picture hung above the old upright piano in the Kirby living-room.