English Explanatory Dictionary

mater dolorosa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Virgin Mary represented as the sorrowing mother.

Word forms

mater dolorosa mater dolorosas matres dolorosae

Etymology

From Latin mater dolorosa (“sorrowful mother”).

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