Or elles Cecile, as I writen fynde,
Is joyned, by a manere conjoynynge
Of "hevene" and "Lia"; and heere, in figurynge,
The "hevene" is set for thoght of hoolynesse,
And "Lia" for hire lastynge bisynesse.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Second Nun’s Prologue. Offering yet another interpretation of the name of Saint Cecilia, the heroine of her tale, the Second Nun says that it may be a joining of "heaven and "Lia." The first word stands for holiness, and the second for constant business. So Cecilia unites holiness with action – remember the Second Nun’s sermon against idleness.