Virgin Mary

Definitions

1. Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus.
2. A drink made with tomato juice and spices, resembling a Bloody Mary, but without alcohol.

Equivalents

Examples

“They no more supposed that there were as many Jupiters, as images of Jupiter, than the Papists imagine⟳ there to be as many Virgins Mary as they have⟳ statues and pictures of her.”

“Now, since there are many ‘sects’ amongst Protestants, and many ‘orders,’ often rival ones, amongst the Roman Catholics, and since there are almost as many Virgins Mary as there are towns who own⟳ her sway, so we may expect⟳ to find⟳ in Palestine many rival ‘orders,’ ‘systems,’ or ‘temples.’”

“One of his tableaux for her entry was designed to illustrate⟳ the peace brought by the two Virgins Mary: there was the Annunciation to the Virgin at the top of the pageant, a king and queen seated in the centre with Justice and Truth on either side of them, and at the bottom ‘ung iardin nommé le iardin de france’ containing shepherds and shepherdesses singing.”

“[…] three Virgins Mary, by Bicci di Lorenzo, Lorenzo Monaco, and Filippo Lippi (hall IV); […]”

“Meanwhile, images of black women in this period in Spain and Spanish America appeared in painted portraits, prints, and statues of dark Virgin Marys.”

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