Candace

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kan´da - ( Κανδάκη , Kandákē ): Queen of the Ethiopians ( Acts 8:27 ). Pliny states that the name Candace had already been borne for many years by the queens of Ethiopia (vi,29). See Ethiopia . Her treasurer, "a eunuch of great authority," was baptized by Philip the Evangelist on his return from worshipping in Jerusalem.