Priscilla

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  1. A female given name from Latin of biblical origin.
    — Letters written by Alden, and full of the name of Priscilla, / Full of the name and the fame of the Puritan maiden Priscilla!
  2. An early Christian, mentioned in the Bible and also known as Prisca.
    — And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.

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Feminine diminutive form of a Roman cognomen Prīscus, from Latin prīscus (“former, ancient, old-fashioned”).
Compare typologically Seneca (< Latin Seneca < senex).
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