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

There were the gravest moral abuses connected with such worships as that of Magna Mater.

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

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 Cumont, Franz

Years afterward, when he was at work on his famous painting of her three daughters, Walpole begged him to pose them "as the three Graces, adorning a bust of the Duchess as the Magna Mater."

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)