Cecily

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  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin, from the medieval vernacular form of Cecilia.

    ""We two," she said, "will seek the groves Where the lady Mary is, With her five handmaidens, whose names Are five sweet symphonies, Cecily, Gertrude, Magdalen, Margaret and Rosalys."

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"Cecily Debrujn was killed in the year 1956 at the age of 16."

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