Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Latin plural of
stigma .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun pl. of
stigma .
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- noun Plural form of
stigma .
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- noun marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ
Etymologies
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Examples
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As he awaited sentencing on bribe charges, Oliver Thomas seemingly implied that he had stigmata from a similar heroic episode:
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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As he awaited sentencing on bribe charges, Oliver Thomas seemingly implied that he had stigmata from a similar heroic episode:
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God alone is the source of authentic stigmata, which is an external manifestation of the most ardent love and longing for God resulting in the spiritual wound of love in the heart.
Archive 2006-09-17 Terry Nelson 2006
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God alone is the source of authentic stigmata, which is an external manifestation of the most ardent love and longing for God resulting in the spiritual wound of love in the heart.
Feast of the Sacred Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi Terry Nelson 2006
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For example, some who fixate on the image of the crucifixion are known to reproduce the wounds of Christ so-called stigmata.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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For example, some who fixate on the image of the crucifixion are known to reproduce the wounds of Christ so-called stigmata.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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For example, some who fixate on the image of the crucifixion are known to reproduce the wounds of Christ so-called stigmata.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Three hundred thousand gathered in St. Peter's Square over the weekend, there to witness the rise to sainthood of Padre Pio, a friar who bore the stigmata, that is the marks of crucifixion.
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Francis the peculiar and signal prerogative of the stigmata, that is to say, previous to imprinting on his body the five wounds of our
The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi Father Candide Chalippe
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These insensitive areas, known as stigmata, played a very important rôle in the epidemic of witchcraft hunting of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when the witch was so diagnosed if she felt no pain when a needle was thrust into her.
sionnach commented on the word stigmata
The preferred plural form when referring to marks resembling the wounds of Christ; otherwise stigmas is the preferred form.
In matters of faith, dogmas is the only form used, that is, dogmata is not a real word.
(Garner)
April 3, 2008