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stigmata

[ UK /stɪɡmˈɑːtɐ/ ]
[ US /stɪɡˈmɑtə/ ]
NOUN
  1. marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ

How To Use stigmata In A Sentence

  • There was mild gynecomastia, but there were no other stigmata of chronic liver disease.
  • In it Hansen presents a delicately balanced narrative of a teenaged postulant who receives the stigmata, to the consternation and even embarrassment of her religious community.
  • As he awaited sentencing on bribe charges, Oliver Thomas seemingly implied that he had stigmata from a similar heroic episode: Archive 2007-11-01
  • Johnson's film also contains at least one decent surprise, a nice line in black humour, and looks very stylish throughout, while being laden with religious imagery - referring to the crucifixion and the stigmata on several occasions.
  • Similarly, his image of St. Francis conveys the saint's swooning spirituality with all the appropriate trappings - halo, monastic robe, stigmata and the animals to which he preached.
  • Like her medieval predecessors, she received the stigmata, the mark of Christ's wounds.
  • Then there is light, and a discarded shroud, and a risen Christ bearing the stigmata leaves the tomb.
  • As you might expect, his words do not approach cliche, describing the pain in the conscience-stricken priest's feet, for example, as ‘his daily stigmata’.
  • For example, some who fixate on the image of the crucifixion are known to reproduce the wounds of Christ so-called stigmata. Experiencing the Next World Now
  • Religious portraits of stigmata are not accurate when they show wounds in the palm of the hands.
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