Stabat Mater

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·- A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making "the way of the cross" (Via Crucis). ·see Station, 7 (c).

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mater
māter, tris, f. [root ma-; Sanscr. and Zend, to make, measure, like Gr. μήτηρ, the maker, akin with ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
mater
māter (1) tris, f 2 MA-, a mother : pietas in matrem: quae matre Asteriā est, daughter of Asteria...

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Mater
·noun ·see Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater. ...

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Alma Mater
·- A college or seminary where one is educated. ...

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Dura mater
·- The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds...

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Pia mater
·- The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord. ...

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