Em´elie or EMELYE, sister-in-law of Duke Theseus (2 syl.), beloved by both Pal´amon and Ar´cite (2 syl.), but the former had her to wife.
Emelie that fairer was to scene
Than is the lilie on hire stalkê grene,
And fresscher than the May with flourês newe.
Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
("The Knight's Tale," 1388).
Emeral´der, an Irishman, one of the Emerald Isle.
Emer´ita (St.), who, when her brother abdicated the British crown, accompanied him to Switzerland, and shared with him there a martyr's death.
Emerita the next, King Lucius' sister dear,
Who in Helvetia with her martyr brother died.