STIGMATA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("stigmata" is a kind of...):

lesion; wound (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))

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