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- noun Plural form of
Mary .
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Examples
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But you are right on the money, the womenz are all Virgin Marys or Temptress Eves.
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Though he’s straight, he writes some of the hottest and filthiest gay — and lesbian — erotica around, as well as telling the gay coming of age story (as in Marys) with moving inspiration, proving that the erotocreative impulse is nature’s guaranteed genderfuck, a font of imaginative subversion that crosses, blurs and at times obliterates all gender and orientation lines.
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Most anywhere you look, somebody will be selling miniature crosses and plastic Virgin Marys.
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Most anywhere you look, somebody will be selling miniature crosses and plastic Virgin Marys.
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And whatever may be the ultimate scope or result of your work at St. Marys, that is the highest service it will ever perform.
The Rapids Alan Sullivan 1907
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The Magdalen is probably a personation of the perished city of Maguelonne, as one of the Marys is the Mar or Mere; and Martha, there can hardly be
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There are many Latino, African, and Asian "Marys" and "Josephs" who are returned to deathly contexts because of U.S. immigration laws.
Brad R. Braxton: Getting in Front of Jesus: The Politics of Progressive Christianity (Part II) 2010
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There are many Latino, African, and Asian "Marys" and "Josephs" who are returned to deathly contexts because of U.S. immigration laws.
Brad R. Braxton: Getting in Front of Jesus: The Politics of Progressive Christianity (Part II) 2010
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The red "Marys," for example, are both made of the same fabric, but the bag is ruched and has a tassel, while the shoes are unadorned.
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Jesus, of whom their are two branches, the "Marys" who lead a contemplative life, and the "Marthas" who nurse the sick; they were founded at Starsburg in 1867, and brought to St-Quentin after the war of 1870-1.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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