Mary

Mar·y ¹  (mâr)

In the New Testament, the mother of Jesus and the principal saint of many Christian churches.

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[Late Latin Maria, from Greek Maria, Mariam, from Hebrew mirym; see rym in Semitic roots.]

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Mar·y ²  (mâr)

In the New Testament, a sister of Lazarus and Martha and a friend of Jesus.

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Mar·y ³  (mâr) also Mary of Teck (tk) 1867-1953.

Queen of George V of Great Britain and the mother of Edward VIII and George VI.

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Mary

See also catholicism;christ;christianity;god and gods;religion;saints;theology.

hyperdulia

the veneration offered by Roman Catholics to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of human beings.

Jovinianist

an adherent of Jovinian, a 4th-century monk who opposed asceti-cism and denied the virginity of Mary.

Mariolatry

an excessive and proscribed veneration of the Virgin Mary. — Mariolater, n. — Mariolatrous, adj.

Mariology

1. the body of belief and doctrine concerning the Virgin Mary.
2. the study of the Virgin Mary. — Mariologist, n.

Thesaurus

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Mary - the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics Blessed Virgin, Madonna, The Virgin, Virgin Mary