Magna Mater
Americannoun
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
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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
Magna Mater, a foreign worship at Rome, 330.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman
As funerary societies, or under the shelter of Magna Mater, they escaped persecution.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
It seemed as if Magna Mater herself, the great Mother, had thrown an invisible mantle over the humble freedwoman, shielding her with god-like power.
From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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