2. Proper noun. Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus. ¹
3. Noun. A reformed prostitute. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Magdalene
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magdalene
Literary usage of Magdalene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to the Manuscript Materials for the History of the United States to by Charles MacLean Andrews, Frances Gardiner Davenport (1908)
"A brief statement is contained in the Report of the Historical Manuscripts
Commission on the papers of Magdalene College, but it is very unsatisfactory. ..."
2. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan (1850)
"The fight is now for Magdalene. They will soon have all the rest. ... On the
following morning the commissioners took their seats in the hall of Magdalene. ..."
3. Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the ...by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1851)
"Magdalene OF FRANCE, CHAPTER I. SUMMARY. Lineage of Magdalene—Curious record of
her birth by her grandmother—Louisa of Savoy —Her christening—Her ..."
4. Memorials of Oxford by James Ingram, John Le Keux, Frederick Mackenzie (1837)
"Previously however to this, even so early as 1448, Waynflete had established a
hall in honour of St. Mary Magdalene, his favourite patroness and ..."
5. Ancient Danish Ballads by Richard Chandler Alexander Prior (1860)
"MARY Magdalene. It has long been disputed in the church, whether Mary ...
'Mary 'Magdalene and her sister Martha and many other 'Christian women after the ..."
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