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MARY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
Synonyms:
Blessed Virgin; Madonna; Mary; The Virgin; Virgin Mary
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Jewess (a woman who is a Jew)
female parent; mother (a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother))
Derivation:
Marian (of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary)
Context examples:
There were the master's two sisters, Beth and Mary.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Mary's powers were by no means fitted for such a display; her voice was weak, and her manner affected.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Right easy were the Montacutes of their Castle of Twynham, and little had they to dread from roving galley or French squadron, while Lady Mary Loring had the ordering of it.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
To Martin's surprise, the girl, Mary, joined in the conversation, displaying an intelligence he had never encountered in the few women he had met.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Mary always has her own way.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Next day after that I ask her what is her name. She laugh, then she says, 'Mary Jones, that is my name.'
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The women-only record of 2:17:01, held by Mary Jepkosgei Keitany also from Kenya, remained intact.
(Kenya's Brigid Kosgei sets new world record at Chicago Marathon, Wikinews)
The center is affiliated with The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital.
(Norris Cotton Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
'Our model shows that even though counting is generally thought to require high intelligence and large brains, it can be easily done with the smallest of nerve cell circuits connected in the right manner,' says Vera Vasas, a researcher at Queen Mary University of London.
(Scientists Discover Bees Can Count Using Only Four Brain Cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Adrian Martineau, professor at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and an author of the study, says the results carry lessons for developing countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific and other regions which are home to an estimated 20 million malnourished children.
(Vitamin D3 boost helps treat child malnutrition, SciDev.Net)
