Mary Magdalene Definition

măgdə-lən, -lēn
noun

Magdalene.

Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • St. Mary Magdalen
  • Mary Magdalen
  • St. Mary Magdalene
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pronoun

(biblical) A female disciple of Jesus.

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In the New Testament, a woman whom Jesus cured of evil spirits. She is also identified with the repentant prostitute who washed the feet of Jesus.
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Origin of Mary Magdalene

  • Ultimately from Greek Mariā hē Magdalēnē Mary of Magdala probably after Magdala a village on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Mary + Magdalene

    From Wiktionary

Mary Magdalene Sentence Examples

  • The parish church of St Mary Magdalene was rebuilt, in 1726-1729, near the site of the old one dating from before the 12th century.

  • The other side is similar, with figures of St Leonard and St Mary Magdalene.

  • This industrial centre is continued eastward in the urban district of East Ham (pop. 96,018), where the old village church of St Mary Magdalene retains Norman portions.

  • In the next year he published his only completed, though certainly not his most valuable work, the Miscellanies, a collection of stories on ghosts and dreams. He died at Oxford in June 1697, and was buried in the church of St Mary Magdalene.

  • Included in Kingsbridge is the little town of Dodbrooke, which at the time of the Domesday Survey had a population of 42, and a flock of 108 sheep and 27 goats; and in 1257 was granted a Wednesday market and a fair at the Feast of St Mary Magdalene.

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