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mater dolorosa

mater dolorosa noun: the Virgin Mary represented as the sorrowing mother.

Noun

mater dolorosa (plural mater dolorosas or matres dolorosae)

  1. The Virgin Mary represented as the sorrowing mother.

Forms of mater dolorosa

pluralmater dolorosas
pluralmatres dolorosae

Origin of mater dolorosa

From Latin mater dolorosa (“sorrowful mother”).

Questions about mater dolorosa

What does mater dolorosa mean?
Mater dolorosa means the Virgin Mary represented as the sorrowing mother.
What part of speech is mater dolorosa?
Mater dolorosa is a noun.
What is the plural of mater dolorosa?
The plural of mater dolorosa is mater dolorosas.

Words near mater dolorosa in the dictionary

  1. Matengo
  2. Mateo
  3. mateology
  4. mateotechny
  5. mater
  6. mater dolorosa
  7. mater dolorosas
  8. mater lectionis
  9. mater sammich
  10. mater sammiches
  11. Matera

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