Mater Dolorosa
Example Sentences
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Warhol’s Jackie is a ravaged yet noble figure of mourning, a mater dolorosa for the nation, conveying in her composed agony the loss of JFK to an assassin’s bullet.
From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2016
Alone, burnt-eyed, she raises an arm as she watches the Greek fleet under full sail, a Botticelli Venus transformed into the mater dolorosa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many saw her as a veritable mater dolorosa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Diana--celebrity, tabloid princess, mater dolorosa of the pop and fashion scene--was, if nothing else, the perfect idol for our times.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mother is always persecuted, a mater dolorosa, and rescued by her son.
From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert
