Magdalene

[mag-duh-leen, -luhn, mag-duh-lee-nee]

noun

1. the. Mary Magdalene.

2. (lowercase),  a reformed prostitute.

3. Also Magdalen a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “woman of Magdala.”

Magdalene

/ ˌmæɡdəˈliːnɪ, ˈmæɡdəˌliːn /

noun

1. See Mary Magdalene

Example Sentences

In Northern Ireland, there were also three Magdalene Laundries – in effect, workhouses where women and girls were made to carry out demanding duties.

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In her exquisite rendition of “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” the tenderness between Mary Magdalene and Jesus, at once earthy and ethereal, deepened the expressive range of the love between them.

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Phillipa Soo’s Mary Magdalene brought a probing, tentative and profound intimacy in her adoration of Erivo’s Jesus.

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The drama that occurs when Erivo’s Jesus and Soo’s Mary Magdalene interact should provide the model for all the cast members to lay bare their messy human conflicts.

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Gad’s addition to the cast, which included Erivo as Jesus, Adam Lambert as Judas and Phillipa Soo as Mary Magdalene, was hailed by fans; and in an interview with The Times during rehearsal, Gad spoke about being beyond excited to perform at the Bowl for the very first time with a stellar cast that he called the Avengers of musical theater.

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