Catharine

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  1. 1
    A female given name from Ancient Greek, of less common usage, variant of Catherine.

    "A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. - - - A clergyman in my neighbourhood used to mistake the sound, and christen the babies Catharine; - a wise error, for Kate is a noble abbreviation."

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catherine greatcatherine of aragon

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"Hung round the room are the portraits of Frederick, of Catharine, of Lekain—one of Voltaire himself, taken at the age of forty, and full of expression, with a number of silhouettes of the celebrated men of the day."

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