Laurentia
law-REN-shee-ah
- Meaning
- Crowned with laurel; Victorious
- Origin
- Latin
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Laurentia does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Crowned with laurel; Victorious", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Laurentia.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Laurentia strives for the incorruptible crown — faithful unto death, fear cast aside, the victor whose laurel is the crown of life itself.
- Verses on this meaning
- Revelation 2:10
"Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."
- 1 Corinthians 9:25
"And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible."
- Revelation 2:10