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Mary Magdalen

noun

Sinful woman Jesus healed of evil spirits; she became a follower of Jesus. Synonyms: Mary Magdalene, St. Mary Magdalen, St. Mary Magdalene.

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"Mary Magdalen" Quotes from Famous Books

... to have arrived in Hamburg in early summer of 1703, for we first hear of him there on July 2, when he met Johann Mattheson in the church of St. Mary Magdalen. It seems to have been a chance acquaintance, to judge from Mattheson's account; it stuck in Mattheson's memory for many years and he remembered especially the pastry-cook's boy who blew the organ for Handel and himself. Mattheson was four years older than Handel; he was one ...

— Handel • Edward J. Dent

... belongs really to St. Mary Magdalen, but is popularly credited to St. Denis, was never very interesting, but is less so now that the Montagu tomb has been moved to Easebourne. Twenty years ago, I remember, an old house opposite the church was rumoured to harbour a pig-faced ...

— Highways & Byways in Sussex • E.V. Lucas

Words linked to "Mary Magdalen" : sinner, evildoer, St. Mary Magdalen, Mary Magdalene, saint