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Stabat Mater definition

Sta·bat Ma·ter (stä′bät mät′ər)

  1. a Latin hymn about the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the crucifixion of Jesus
  2. any musical setting of this hymn

Etymology: ML, lit., the mother was standing (the opening words of the text)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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