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Deipara

Deipara proper noun: synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role giving birth to God.

Proper noun

(the) Deipara

  1. Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role giving birth to God.
    • It is then an integral portion of the Faith fixed by Ecumenical Council, a portion of it which you hold as well as I, that the Blessed Virgin is Theotocos, Deipara, or Mother of God; and this word, when thus used, carries with it no admixture of rhetoric, no taint of extravagant affection,—it has...1866, John Henry Newman, D.D., A Letter to the Rev. E. B. Pusey, D.D. on His Recent Eirenicon, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, page 66
    Synonyms:
    Mother of God, Theotokos, Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role giving birth to God

Synonyms of Deipara

Origin of Deipara

Borrowed from Latin Deipara, from Deus (“god”) + pariō (“to bear [offspring]”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives), calque of Koine Greek Θεοτόκος (Theotókos, “birth-giver of God”).

Questions about Deipara

What does Deipara mean?
Deipara means synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role giving birth to God.
What part of speech is Deipara?
Deipara is a proper noun.

Words near Deipara in the dictionary

  1. deionized
  2. deionizer
  3. deionizers
  4. deionizes
  5. deionizing
  6. Deipara
  7. deiparous
  8. deiphonine
  9. deiphonines
  10. deipn-
  11. deipno-

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