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- 1 Alternative form of marry (“indeed, in truth”). alt-of, alternative
"You that be of the court, & eſpecially ye ſworn chaplains beware of a leſſon that a great man taught me at my firſt coming to the court he told me for a good will, he thoughte it wel. He ſayd vnto me. You muſt beware how ſo euer ye do that ye cõtrary not the king, let him haue his ſaiyngs, folow him, go with him. Mary out vpon this counſel, ſhal I ſay, as he ſayes?"
- 1 A female given name from Aramaic or Hebrew.
"I have a passion for the name of Mary, For once it was a magic sound to me: And still it half calls up the realm of fairy Where I beheld what never was to be."
- 2 A city, the capital of the region of Mary, in southeastern Turkmenistan.
- 3 The mother of Jesus, believed in Christianity and Islam to have been a virgin at his birth, and believed by some Christians to have been born herself without sin, to have ascended to Heaven without death, and to act as a sympathetic intermediary for believers.
"Now the birth of Jeſus Chriſt was on this wiſe: When as his mother Mary was eſpouſed to Joſeph (before they came together) ſhee was found with childe of the holy Ghoſt."
- 4 A region in southeastern Turkmenistan.
- 5 Any of several other women in the New Testament, notably:; Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus.
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- 6 Any of several other women in the New Testament, notably:; Mary of Bethany, the sister of Lazarus and Martha.
"And Jeſus anſwered, and ſaide vnto her, Martha, Martha, thou art carefull, and troubled about many things: But one thing is needefull, and Mary hath choſen that good part, which ſhall not bee taken away from her."
- 7 The 19th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an, recounting the events leading up to the birth of Jesus.
- 8 A term of address for a male homosexual. US, slang
"Note also that male homosexuals will call most anyone Bessie or Mary, e.g. ‘Oh, Bessie, you're a camp!’"
- 9 A male middle name, given in honour of the Virgin Mary. Ireland, dated
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of Mary (“male homosexual”). alt-of
Etymology
From Middle English Marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מַרְיָם (maryām) or Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryām), of uncertain meaning (see the Hebrew entry for more). Doublet of Miriam, Marie, Maria, and Mariah.
From Turkmen Mary.
From Mary (“female name”). Compare nan and nancy.
From Mary (“female name”). Compare nan and nancy.
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