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Madonna
[ muh-don-uh ]
noun
- Usually the Madonna. the Virgin Mary.
- a picture or statue representing the Virgin Mary.
- Archaic. Often madonna. an Italian title of formal address to a woman.
Madonna
1/ məˈdɒnə /
noun
- RC Church a designation of the Virgin Mary
- sometimes not capital a picture or statue of the Virgin Mary
Madonna
2/ məˈdɒnə /
noun
- Madonna1958FUSMUSIC: rock singerFILMS AND TV: actress full name Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone. born 1958, US rock singer and film actress. Her records include "Like a Virgin" (1985), "Like a Prayer" (1989), Ray of Light (1998), Music (2000), and MDNA (2012). Her films include Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) and Evita (1996)
Madonna
1- An American pop singer known for her many incarnations, ranging from an early “Material Girl” to a movie star ( Evita ) to a mother and wife. Many consider Madonna a promotional genius for her ability to reinvent herself.
Madonna
2- A work of art depicting Mary, the mother of Jesus , especially one that shows her holding the infant Jesus ; also a term for Mary herself. Madonna is Italian for “my lady.”
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For those with a predilection for immaculately fine and delicate paintings by Botticelli, his Madonna of the Book will satisfy.
Of course, in her Neverland they bleach your teeth so white they glow and Madonna coaches you on your convincing British accent.
As well as weekly church services, Boyfriend—who shares a birthday with Madonna—went to a private, Christian school.
Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Madonna, Tom Hanks and Gwyneth Paltrow are among those who have eaten at 960 Madison Avenue.
While Madonna has had to reinvent herself every couple of years, Lennox has done the exact opposite.
Nigel might pray to a pale Madonna; Isaacson dealt with a definitely blunted woman of the world.
These dreamy, Madonna-like beauties are the result of the most severe and protracted study.
On a shelf near one of these windows stood the little Madonna, again wreathed with vines as in San Pasquale.
In a niche in the mud wall was a cheap print of the Madonna, one candle just smouldering out before it.
It was certain that the lovely lady was none other than the Madonna herself, and the child she had brought was some baby angel.
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