mater dolorosa
Americannoun
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the sorrowful mother.
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(initial capital letters) the mother of Christ sorrowing for her son.
noun
Etymology
Origin of mater dolorosa
Latin: sorrowful mother
Example Sentences
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Warhol’s Jackie is a ravaged yet noble figure of mourning, a mater dolorosa for the nation, conveying in her composed agony the loss of JFK to an assassin’s bullet.
From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2016
Diana--celebrity, tabloid princess, mater dolorosa of the pop and fashion scene--was, if nothing else, the perfect idol for our times.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alone, burnt-eyed, she raises an arm as she watches the Greek fleet under full sail, a Botticelli Venus transformed into the mater dolorosa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many saw her as a veritable mater dolorosa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its subject is the weary woman, indeed, our Lady of Sorrows, the mater dolorosa of the ancient world, but with a certain latent reference, all through, to the mystical person of the earth.
From Greek Studies: a Series of Essays by Pater, Walter
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