Lucia Save DMLBS 1 Lucia [CL] , (proper name) Lucia, Lucy (esp. w. ref. to St. Lucy, virgin and martyr); b (by metonymy) St. Lucy’s Day, 13 Dec. castissimae virginis ~iae praeconia Aldh. VirgP 42 (cf. id. VirgV 1783: virguncula quaedam / Lucia, quae Dominum dilexit sedula Christum). b Bacon VI 115 (v. angaria c).