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

Her debut, “LP1,” released in 2014, was followed by “Magdalene” in 2019 and “Eusexua” in 2025.

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McDermid, of Edinburgh's Magdalene area, was watched taking a taxi to Roseburn Street by police surveillance on 5 June.

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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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