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UK
/stɪɡmˈɑːtɐ/
]
[ US /stɪɡˈmɑtə/ ]
[ US /stɪɡˈmɑtə/ ]
NOUN
- 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.