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

In the Latin Occident, however, no trace of it can be found, because it had been absorbed by the worship of Magna Mater.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz

The earliest invader from the East of the sober decorum of old Roman religion, and almost the last to succumb, was Magna Mater of Pessinus.

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

The Magna Mater, who is thoroughly different from her Hellenized sister, penetrated into all Latin provinces and imposed herself upon them with the Roman religion.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz