Magdala
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Magdala Chery, a Black physician, is intimately acquainted with the impact of COVID-19 — and the reluctance to get vaccinated.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2021
They are called tabots – replica tablets on which the Ten Commandments are written, and which were nicked by the Brits after the battle of Magdala.
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2019
This is deeply contentious territory that flies in the face of the commonly accepted orthodoxy that Mary of Magdala was a prostitute.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2018
In a valley rife with carob trees we headed toward Magdala, the traditional home of Mary Magdalene.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2012
I am unable to say, therefore, what took place at the interview, except that the envoy expressed very considerable dread of Theodore, who, he said, had 10,000 men, and would unquestionably fight us at Magdala.
From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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