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Definition: Meaning of, Mary in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmɛːri /

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  1. also the Virgin Mary , Our Lady in the Christian religion, the mother of Jesus Christ, and the most important of all the SAINT S . She was the wife of Joseph, but Christians believe she was a VIRGIN (= someone who has never had sex), at the time of Jesus's birth, because the father of Jesus is not a human being, but God. Christians, especially ROMAN CATHOLIC S often pray to her to ask for help.
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  2. in the New Testament of the Bible, a woman who lived with her sister, MARTHA . When Jesus visited them, Mary remained to listen to what he was saying while MARTHA went and prepared food for him and his DISCIPLE S . As a result Mary often represents the type of Christian who spends their life thinking deeply about religious matters.
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Mary used in phrases

  • Anna Mary Robertson Moses (noun)
    1. 1860-1961 united States painter of colourful and primitive rural scenes
  • Assumption of Mary (noun)
    1. celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church
  • Bloody Mary
    1. an alcoholic drink made from VODKA, tomato juice, and spices
  • Cassatt, Mary
    1. (1845-1926) a US painter who worked mainly in France with the IMPRESSIONIST s
  • Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (noun)
    1. 1890-1976 prolific English writer of detective stories
  • Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin (noun)
    1. 1910-1994 born in Egypt english chemist who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds
  • Eddy, Mary Baker
    1. (1821-1910) a US religious leader, who started a new form of Christianity called CHRISTIAN SCIENCE in 1866
  • Hail Mary (noun)
    1. a special Roman Catholic prayer to Mary, the mother of Jesus
  • Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary (noun)
    1. Christianity the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the moment she was conceived
  • Mary Ann Evans (noun)
    1. 1819-1880 british writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society
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