Magna Mater
Americannoun
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
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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
But Magna Mater, however originally unworthy, shared in the victory.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
Jupiter, on a cippus with a curious relief of Claudia drawing the boat with the image of the Magna Mater up the Tiber.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
The Magna Mater, who is thoroughly different from her Hellenized sister, penetrated into all Latin provinces and imposed herself upon them with the Roman religion.
From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Franz Cumont
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