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magdalene |
3 definitions found From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Magdalene a surname derived from Magdala, the place of her nativity, given to one of the Marys of the Gospels to distinguish her from the other Marys (Matt. 27:56, 61; 28:1, etc.). A mistaken notion has prevailed that this Mary was a woman of bad character, that she was the woman who is emphatically called "a sinner" (Luke 7:36-50). (See {MARY}.) From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Magdalene, a person from Magdala From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: MAGDALENE, n. An inhabitant of Magdala. Popularly, a woman found out This definition of the word has the authority of ignorance, Mary of Magdala being another person than the penitent woman mentioned by St Luke. It has also the official sanction of the governments of Great Britain and the United States. In England the word is pronounced Maudlin, whence maudlin, adjective, unpleasantly sentimental. With their Maudlin for Magdalene, and their Bedlam for Bethlehem, the English may justly boast themselves the greatest of revisers.
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