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mater dolorosa

/mah-ter -doh-loh-roh-sah; English mey-ter -doh-luh-roh-suh/US // ˈmɑ tɛr ˌdoʊ loʊˈroʊ sɑ; English ˈmeɪ tər ˌdoʊ ləˈroʊ sə //

母校,母校是个好地方,母体

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Latin.

    • : the sorrowful mother.
    • : the mother of Christ sorrowing for her son.

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Examples

  • As it currently stands, the Via Dolorosa follows the account given in the Gospel of John.

  • The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.

  • For the first time since I put my acceptance letter in the mail, I woke up this morning ashamed of my alma mater.

  • He was disappointed to find out that his alma mater was not represented.

  • And then there's Laurie (Amy Brenneman), the Garveys' mater familias.

  • The Vulgate translates: “Et obviabit illi quasi mater honorificata, et quasi mulier a virginitate suscipiet illum.”

  • Among these are "Medusa," a bronze bust; and a "Mater Dolorosa," in terra-cotta.

  • And next day there was one more revealing incident that helped, yet also hindered him, as he moved along his via dolorosa.

  • In the group of coins here illustrated it will be noticed that the Mater Deorum is conventionally throned upon a rock.

  • The mater has a herd of them—jolly little beasts, but a bit wicked, some of them.