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(biblical) The grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him. quotations examples
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […]
A female given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin. quotations examples
Modernity might also lie in a name like Lois - pronounced Loys in Trinidad - which came to the island in the 1940s through Lois Lane, the heroine of the American Superman comic strip.
1962, V.S.Naipaul, The Middle Passage, page 48