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Sta⋅bat Ma⋅ter

  [stah-baht mah-ter, stey-bat mey-ter]
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–noun
1. (italics) a Latin hymn, composed in the 13th century, commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the Cross.
2. a musical setting for this.
Origin:
lit., the mother was standing, the first words of the hymn
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Sta·bat Ma·ter   (stä'bät mä'tər, stāb'āt mā'tər)   
n.  

  1. A medieval Latin hymn on the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the Crucifixion.

  2. A musical setting for this hymn.


[From Medieval Latin Stābat Māter (dolōrōsa), the Mother was standing (full of sorrow), the first words of the hymn : Latin stābat, third person sing. imperfect tense of stāre, to stand + Medieval Latin Māter, Mother (of God).]
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Stabat Mater 
1867, from L. Stabat Mater (dolorosa) "Stood the Mother (full of sorrow)," opening words of a sequence composed 13c. by Jacobus de Benedictus.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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