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

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

For the organisation of the societies of Magna Mater v.

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

She is _acheiropoeta—_not painted by any human hands whatever, and in so far resembles a certain old image of the Magna Mater, her prototype, which was also of divine origin.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman