Definition of Magdalenes

1. Noun. (plural of Magdalene) ¹

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Definition of Magdalenes

1. magdalene [n] - See also: magdalene

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magdalenes

magazine rack
magazineland
magazineless
magazinelike
magaziner
magaziners
magazines
magazining
magazinist
magazinists
magbasite
magbote
magdala
magdalenes (current term)
magdalens
magdaleon
mage
magellanic
magenta
magenta tongue
magentas
magery
mages
mageship
mageships
magg
magged

Literary usage of Magdalenes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"The harlots are magdalenes, piteous and tearful, repenting themselves in postures of beautiful remorse. The audience of Jesus groups il.solf with artistic ..."

2. Sacred and Legendary Art by Jameson (Anna) (1857)
"We have magdalenes who look as if they never could have sinned, and others who look as if they never could have repented ; we have Venetian magdalenes with ..."

3. The British and Foreign Evangelical Review and Quarterly Record of Christian by James Oswald Dykes, James Stuart Candlish, Hugh Sinclair Paterson, Joseph Samuel Exell (1879)
"... let him recall the magdalenes of Christian art of which the critic just referred to is candid enough to confess—" We have magdalenes who look as if they ..."

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