Crossword clues for priscilla
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fem. proper name, from Latin, fem. of Priscillus, diminutive of Priscus, from priscus "antique, old-fashioned, old, ancient, primitive, venerable;" related to prior (see prior (adj.)).
Wikipedia
Priscilla is an English female given name adopted from the Roman Prisca, derived from the Latin priscus. One suggestion is that it is intended to bestow long life on the bearer.
It appears in the New Testament of the Christian Bible variously as Priscilla and Prisca, a female leader in the early Church. The name appears in English literature in Edmund Spenser's '' The Faerie Queene ''(1596) and was adopted as an English name by the Puritans in the 17th century. The use of the name began to decline during the 1960s, possibly because of an association with the slang term prissy, in the sense of meaning prim or prudish.
Diminutive forms of the name include Lily, Cilla, Pris, Prissy, Prisk, Pru/Prue and Scilla.
Priscilla may refer to:
- Priscilla, an early Christian of the Christian New Testament and companion to St. Paul; see Priscilla and Aquila
- Priscilla (Brazilian singer) (born 1990), Brazilian singer and songwriter
- Priscilla Betti (born 1989), French singer and actress
- Priscilla Ahn, singer
- Priscilla Alden (c. 1602-c. c. 1680), member of Massachusetts's Plymouth Colony, wife of John Alden
- Priscilla Barnes (born 1955), American actress
- Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (1761–1828)
- Priscilla Chan (singer) (born 1965), singer from Hong Kong
- Priscilla Chan (philanthropist) (born 1985), philanthropist and wife of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg
- Priscilla Hill (born 1960), American retired figure skater
- Priscilla Horton (1818–1895), English singer and actress
- Priscilla Kemble (1756–1845), English actress
- Priscilla Lane (1915–1995), of the singing Lane Sisters
- Priscilla Leung (born 1961), Hong Kong legislator, barrister and associate professor
- Priscilla Lopez (born 1948), American singer, dancer and actress
- Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (born 1982), Canadian track and field hurdler
- Priscilla Martel (born 1956), American chef, food writer and consultant
- Priscilla Nzimiro (born 1923), physician from Nigeria
- Priscilla Owen (born 1954), United States federal judge for the Fifth Circuit
- Priscilla Pointer (born 1924), American actress and mother of actress Amy Irving
- Priscilla Presley (born 1945), American actress and businesswoman and ex-wife of Elvis Presley
- Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1816–1889), former acting First Lady of the United States, the daughter-in-law of President John Tyler
- Priscilla J. Smith, American Lawyer and Activist
- Priscilla Wakefield (1751–1832), English Quaker educational writer and philanthropist
- Priscilla Welch (born 1944), British marathon runner
Prisca may refer to:
- Prisca (empress) (d. 315), Roman empress, wife of Diocletian and mother of Valeria Galeria
- Prisca (Prophet) (late 2nd century), Founding leader and prophet of Montanism
- Saint Prisca (late 1st century), Roman Catholic martyr and saint
Priscilla is a classic oyster dredging sloop that was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006. It is berthed near the Modesty, another National Historic Landmark sloop at the Long Island Maritime Museum.
Priscilla as the name of a ship may refer to:
- Priscilla (sloop), a classic oyster dredging sloop and U.S. National Historic Landmark berthed at the Long Island Maritime Museum at West Sayville, New York
- USS Priscilla (SP-44), the proposed designation for an auxiliary schooner acquired by the United States Navy in 1917 but never commissioned
Priscilla is the second studio album by French singer Priscilla Betti. It was released in December 2002 and was supported by the two hit singles " Regarde-moi (teste-moi, déteste-moi)" and " Tchouk tchouk musik" which both reached the top ten in France.
All songs are composed by Philippe Osman (music, arrangements) and Bertrand Châtenet (lyrics, mixing).
On the French Albums Chart, although the album was unable to enter the top ten, it was charted for 45 weeks, which remains to date Priscilla's longest chart trajectory. It eventually achieved Gold status.
Priscilla is a feminine given name.
Priscilla may also refer to:
Priscilla Florencio (born April 9, 1990) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and dancer. She made her US debut in 2013 with the video premiere of her first single "See U On The Dance Floor". The video was choreographed by Dionne “Loca De Jamaica” Renee, a dancer and choreographer who has worked with such artists as Shakira, Usher, and Nicki Minaj.
In March 2014, Priscilla released her second single "California." In May of the same year during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Priscilla released her third single "Vai(Go!)".
"Priscilla" is the fifth track on Miranda Lambert's Platinum. The song is about a woman who lives in her husbands spotlight and where Lambert compares herself to Priscilla Presley. It includes the lyrics "He's always in high demand" and "It's a difficult thing being Queen to the King" which is a comparison to Elvis and Priscilla relationship and also a similar comparison to the relationship of Miranda and Blake. When interviewed by The Boot, Miranda said "[It] does it in a fun way, though," she explains. "It happens, and it's happening a lot, lot more to Blake and I than ever before, and I thought it was a really smart take on how it happens, and I definitely don't want people to think I'm comparing us to Priscilla and Elvis in any stretch of the imagination."
"Priscilla" is a 1956 song written by Eddie Cooley which was a hit with his band The Dimples.
The song was covered by:
- Frankie Vaughan With Wally Stott And His Orchestra And Chorus 1957
- Buddy Lucas 1957
- Dave Burgess and The Toppers 1957
- Four Jones Boys 1956
- Gus Backus 1961
- Julius La Rosa 1956
- Kevin Young 1961
- Les Brown (bandleader) and his Band Of Renown 1956
- The Mercuries 1957
Usage examples of "priscilla".
Priscilla - maybe because Adelaide, at nineteen, was still just a little girl herself.
Lady Sylvester Elmshade, Mrs Barbara Lovebirch, Mrs Poll Ash, Mrs Holly Hazeleyes, Miss Daphne Bays, Miss Dorothy Canebrake, Mrs Clyde Twelvetrees, Mrs Rowan Greene, Mrs Helen Vinegadding, Miss Virginia Creeper, Miss Gladys Beech, Miss Olive Garth, Miss Blanche Maple, Mrs Maud Mahogany, Miss Myra Myrtle, Miss Priscilla Elderflower, Miss Bee Honeysuckle, Miss Grace Poplar, Miss O Mimosa San, Miss Rachel Cedarfrond, the Misses Lilian and Viola Lilac, Miss Timidity Aspenall, Mrs Kitty Dewey-Mosse, Miss May Hawthorne, Mrs Gloriana Palme, Mrs Liana Forrest, Mrs Arabella Blackwood and Mrs Norma Holyoake of Oakholme Regis graced the ceremony by their presence.
Then, after five years, Priscilla was born, the lustiest and most demanding of all the children.
Loretta turned from Moses and Priscilla now and stepped away from their door.
Beside Tessie that day going back down to the lane was Jamie, the son of Priscilla and Moses the overseer.
Priscilla can spare you, do you think you might dance with Miss Endicott, Lady Rhodine, that is?
In 1964, Lance Corporal Pappas married sixteen-year-old Priscilla Walls of Yemassee, South Carolina.
The carny crew started arriving in twos and threes, and by the time Julius and a pair of the burlier games workers had returned with the coffin, all of them were there except for Monk, Batman, and Priscilla.
William Molines and his daughter Priscilla, afterwards the wife of John Alden and Philip Delanoy, born in Leyden of French parents, were of the number.
Austin found her authority for saying that Priscilla Mullens was of a Huguenot family, in Dr.
Priscilla Mullens, whom the glamour of unfounded romance and the pen of the poet Longfellow have made one of the best known and best beloved of the Pilgrim band, was either a little older, or younger, than her brother Joseph, it is not certain which.
Priscilla Mullens credits with carrying her in his arms when a small child, etc.
Priscilla Mullens, worldwide celebrity, though it is to be feared that its historical accuracy would hardly stand criticism.
The real purpose of his visit was apparent when Pomponia spoke excitedly about what had happened to Aquila and his Priscilla in the meantime.
Pomponia Graecina did in fact visit the house of a couple named Aquila and Priscilla on the Aventine for purposes of Christian worship.