Magna Mater

American  

[mahg-nuh mah-ter] / ˈmɑg nə ˈmɑ tɛr /

noun

Roman Religion.

1. Cybele; Ops; Rhea.

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Etymology

Origin of Magna Mater

First recorded in 1700–10 ; from Latin magna māter “great mother,” title for several godesses, especially for Cybele

Example Sentences

Lombard imagines Claudia Quinta’s rescue of the ship carrying Magna Mater to Rome.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

It eventually became the Catskills Phrygianum of the Maetreum of Cybele Magna Mater, their global headquarters and convent house.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2011

These ceremonies probably went back to the scenes and ages in which mutilations in honour of Bellona and Magna Mater took their rise.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

She is _acheiropoeta—_not painted by any human hands whatever, and in so far resembles a certain old image of the Magna Mater, her prototype, which was also of divine origin.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman

For one hundred years after the introduction of the worship of the Magna Mater Romans were prohibited from enrolling themselves in the ranks of her priesthood.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly