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
To begin with, I have always remained a member of a "club"—clubs, you know, were established in my quaestorship on the reception of the Magna Mater from Ida.
From Treatises on Friendship and Old Age by Shuckburgh, Evelyn Shirley
But Magna Mater, however originally unworthy, shared in the victory.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
The introduction of the taurobolium in the ritual of the Magna Mater, where it appeared after the middle of the first century, was probably connected with this transformation.
From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz
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