candace
see also: Candace
Noun

candace (plural candaces)

  1. Title of any Nubian (Kush) queen or queen mother.

Candace
Proper noun
  1. A female given name.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Acts [http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1611_Acts-Chapter-8/#27–28 8:27–28]:
      and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, Was returning,
Noun

candace (plural candaces)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of candace a Nubian queen.



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