Definition of Magdalens

1. magdalen [n] - See also: magdalen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magdalens

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

Literary usage of Magdalens

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

1. Award of the Fishery Commission: Documents and Proceedings of the Halifax by Maurice Delfosse, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, Alexander Tilloch Galt, United States Dept. of State (1878)
"A. At magdalens. Q. Anywhere else ?—A. We caught about all there, I think. ... A. We had news from the magdalens that they were not doing anything there, ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Rudolph of Worms is the traditional founder of the magdalens in Germany (Mon. Germ. Script., XVII, 234), where they were in existence early in the ..."

3. Bird Studies with a Camera: With Introductory Chapters on the Outfit and by Frank Michler Chapman (1900)
"... to the magdalens by sea is about a hundred and twenty miles, but lacking a proper vessel we were forced to return to Dal- housie and there take the ..."

4. A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages by Benjamin Silliman (1820)
"... rabble—Athletic sports —Calls and visits—Magdalen Asylum—Excellent object of the institution—The magdalens—Surry Chapel—An intelligible hint. SUNDAY. ..."

5. Collectanea Anglo-poetica: Or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue by Thomas Corser, James Crossley (1867)
"C. (I.) — Saint Marie magdalens Conversion. * IHS Printed with License. Without Place, Printer's Name, or Date, (1603). 4to, pp. 28. ..."

6. The Life and Times of Titian: With Some Account of His Family by Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Joseph Archer Crowe (1881)
"magdalens.—"Venus of Pardo."—"Christ in the Garden."— Titian and Correggio.—The " Europa" at Cobham.—Titian begins the "Last Supper. ..."

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