Héloïse

[ el-oh-eez; French ey-law-eez ]

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noun

1101?–64, French abbess: pupil of and secretly married to Pierre Abélard. Compare Abélard.
a female given name, French form of Eloise or Louise.

Héloïse

/ elɔiz; ˈɛləʊˌiːz /

Héloïse?11011164FFrenchMISC: wife of Abelard ?1101–64, pupil, mistress, and wife of Abelard

Heloise, abbess of the Paraclete, died; celebrated as the mistress of Abelard, and for her learning.

In 1845, this man, who had been a model husband and who made a great pretence of religion maintained Heloise Brisetout.

In the rue Richelieu period he was the lover of Heloise Brisetout.

In 1838 he attended the house-warming of Heloise Brisetout in rue Chauchat.

Unwilling that this be known lest the knowledge hurt her lover, Heloise strenuously denied the truth.

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