Stabat Mater

American  

[stah-baht mah-ter, stey-bat mey-ter] / ˈstɑ bɑt ˈmɑ tɛr, ˈsteɪ bæt ˈmeɪ tər /

noun

1. (italics) a Latin hymn, composed in the 13th century, commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the Cross.

2. a musical setting for this.

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Stabat Mater British  

/ ˈstɑːbæt ˈmɑːtə /

noun

1. RC Church a Latin hymn, probably of the 13th century, commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the crucifixion and used in the Mass and various other services

2. a musical setting of this hymn

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Etymology

Origin of Stabat Mater

Literally, “the mother was standing, the first words of the hymn”

Example Sentences

Police said Wednesday that they arrested Antonio Perez-Alcala on Monday while serving a search warrant at his McLean, Va., home, where he operated an organization called Secular Institute Stabat Mater.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2021

Antonio Perez-Alcala, the director of the Secular Institute Stabat Mater in McLean, was taken into custody Monday and is being held without bond, according to Fairfax County Police.

From Fox News • Nov. 4, 2021

Stabat Mater Orange County Women’s Chorus performs Pergolesi’s 18th-century composition plus other vocal works.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2019

Prom 64 features the Stabat Mater, his most popular work, alongside music by Arne and WF Bach, performed by Christian Curnyn and the Early Opera Company.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2010

Gluck's overture to "Iphegénie en Aulide," and Haydn's "Stabat Mater," given in Charleston, S. C., with an orchestra of about thirty instruments.

From Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events by Lahee, Henry Charles