Stabat Mater
Americannoun
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(italics) a Latin hymn, composed in the 13th century, commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the Cross.
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a musical setting for this.
noun
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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
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a musical setting of this hymn
Etymology
Origin of Stabat Mater
Literally, “the mother was standing, the first words of the hymn”
Example Sentences
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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
And if ever a choral work carried an unbearable weight of personal sadness, it is Dvorák's Stabat Mater.
From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2010
English sympathy was entirely won by the Stabat Mater in 1883, and increased by the symphonies in D, D mi., and F, G, and E mi.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
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