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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A stigmatic.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One on whom the stigmata, or marks of Christ's wounds, are said to be supernaturally impressed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One believed to be supernaturally impressed with the marks of Christ's wounds. See stigma, 8.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person whose body is marked by stigmata; a stigmatic

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ)

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Examples

  • The circular injuries, which weeped almost a cup of blood a day, were paralleled to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus and led to the former monk being identified as a stigmatist.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Amy Willis 2011

  • The circular injuries, which weeped almost a cup of blood a day, were paralleled to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus and led to the former monk being identified as a stigmatist.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Amy Willis 2011

  • In similar fashion, I believe the person who has been abused, while on the road of recovery, perhaps all of their lives, will periodically relive the event with all it's pain and suffering - only now, like the stigmatist, the person may have a better awareness of who they are and what happened to them and what the pain means.

    "Que muero porque no muero." Terry Nelson 2006

  • I love the story of John of the Cross on an outing with the novices who were excited to visit a local stigmatist.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Terry Nelson 2006

  • I love the story of John of the Cross on an outing with the novices who were excited to visit a local stigmatist.

    Archive 2006-07-30 Terry Nelson 2006

  • In similar fashion, I believe the person who has been abused, while on the road of recovery, perhaps all of their lives, will periodically relive the event with all it's pain and suffering - only now, like the stigmatist, the person may have a better awareness of who they are and what happened to them and what the pain means.

    Archive 2006-10-08 Terry Nelson 2006

  • I love the story of John of the Cross on an outing with the novices who were excited to visit a local stigmatist.

    Medjugorje Terry Nelson 2006

  • A stigmatist for fifty years, his vow of obedience led him to submit to several scientific examinations that failed to uncover any natural explanation.

    The Feast of Saint (Padre) Pio Mike L 2005

  • A stigmatist for fifty years, his vow of obedience led him to submit to several scientific examinations that failed to uncover any natural explanation.

    Archive 2005-09-01 Mike L 2005

  • I don't want to be the orator, the verbal stigmatist, or a legionnaire of the many diarists trying to guide others.

    absentia Diary Entry absentia 2001

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