Stabat Mater
Americannoun
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(italics) a Latin hymn, composed in the 13th century, commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the Cross.
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a musical setting for this.
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RC Church a Latin hymn, probably of the 13th century, commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the crucifixion and used in the Mass and various other services
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a musical setting of this hymn
Etymology
Origin of Stabat Mater
Literally, “the mother was standing, the first words of the hymn”
Example Sentences
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In a news release, the Catholic Diocese of Arlington described the Secular Institute Stabat Mater as “a non-diocesan Catholic entity that serves the Hispanic community throughout the Diocese.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021
Antonio Perez-Alcala, the director of the Secular Institute Stabat Mater in McLean, was taken into custody Monday and is being held without bond, according to Fairfax County Police.
From Fox News ● Nov. 4, 2021
Stabat Mater Orange County Women’s Chorus performs Pergolesi’s 18th-century composition plus other vocal works.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2019
One challenge Mr. Tritle faces is dealing with the cathedral’s reverberant acoustics, and he clearly had this in mind in his shaping of both the Bach and Domenico Scarlatti’s colorful Stabat Mater.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2012
In the celebrated song of Pergolese, Stabat Mater Dolorosa, we may ask which moves most, the music or the words.
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin
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