stabat mater

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Definition of stabat mater in English English dictionary

A hymn, sung in Latin, telling of the sorrow of the Virgin Mary at the crucifixion of Jesus Christ; the music for this hymn

See Station, 7 (c)

It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making "the way of the cross"

(Via Crucis)

It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making "the way of the cross" (Via Crucis)

A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross

Hyphenation

stabat ma·ter

Etymology

() Latin The mother was standing (the first words of the hymn)