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Definition of Magdalenes
1. magdalene [n] - See also: magdalene
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magdalenes
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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