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A female given name from Hebrew examples
Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus. quotations examples
and the twelue were with him, And certaine women which had bene healed of euill spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene out of whom went seuen deuils
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Luke 8:1-2
(Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Magdalene College, Cambridge. examples
plural Magdalenes
A reformed prostitute. quotations examples
"Trying to help women who've come to grief." Old Jolyon didn't quite understand. "To grief?" he repeated; then realised with a shock that she meant exactly what he would have meant himself if he had used that expression. Assisting the Magdalenes of London!
1906 John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga: The Man of Property: Interlude