pauline
/pɔˈlin/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Latin.
adj
Of or relating to Paul the Apostle, his writings, his doctrines, and the form of Christianity that arose from them.
noun
A member of a religious order named after Paul the Apostle.
noun
One of the Pauline epistles.
Example Sentences
- "The youngest child of George and Emily Johnson was named Emily after her mother, and Pauline in honor of the only sibling of Emperor Napoleon of France, whose life was the object of George Johnson's consuming interest."
- "Paulines are thought to be the most miserable because the name conjures up images of long-suffering launderess Pauline Fowler from EastEnders while Judy is more likely to be associated with Judy Dench or Judy Finnegan."
- "With sectes many mo, / An hundreth in a throo / I thinke to name by roo, / As they come to my mynde, / Whom, thoughe they be vnkind, / The lay mens labor finde; / For some be Benedictes […] Some be Paulines, / Some be Antonynes, / Some be Bernardines, /Some be Celestines, […]"
- "The Benedictines, Paulines, and other orders of monks apply themſelves after their manner to learning in their ſeveral convents."
- "Like the Pope and the Cardinal, the Paulines, formally called the Order of St. Paul, the First Hermit, are of Polish heritage. […] The newspaper articles say that the Paulines have avoided bankruptcy and held off possible criminal prosecution only through a $5 million “bailout” by Cardinal Krol and a cover‐up by Catholic officials that reached all the way to the Pope."
- "Between Paul and Apollos there had arisen distinct rivalry. When he wrote this epistle to Corinth, quite a chasm existed already between the Paulines and the Apollonians, with something of a rift between Apollos and himself."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: Pauline, Paulīna, Paulyn, Paulīnus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɔˈlin/