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

It was, doubtless, in some such way as this that a stone came to be identified with the Magna Mater of Pessinus.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

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

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