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

One challenge Mr. Tritle faces is dealing with the cathedral’s reverberant acoustics, and he clearly had this in mind in his shaping of both the Bach and Domenico Scarlatti’s colorful Stabat Mater.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2012

We had all promised to go to an amateur performance of the Stabat Mater at the old Doria Palace in Piazza Navona.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King