MAGDALENE

"MAGDALENE" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a person from Magdala", "someone from Magdala", "a tower".

Date "MAGDALENE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1386. (references)

Crosswords: MAGDALENE

Specialty definitions using "MAGDALENE": Demy' ♦ Flowers and Trees ♦ MAUDLIN DRUNK ♦ Noli me Tangere. (references)

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Specialty Definition: MAGDALENE

Domain	Definition
Satire	MAGDALENE, n. An inhabitant of Magdala. Popularly, a woman found out. This definition of the word has the authority of ignorance, Mary of Magdala being another person than the penitent woman mentioned by St. Luke. It has also the official sanction of the governments of Great Britain and the United States. In England the word is pronounced Maudlin, whence maudlin, adjective, unpleasantly sentimental. With their Maudlin for Magdalene, and their Bedlam for Bethlehem, the English may justly boast themselves the greatest of revisers. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Bible	Magdalene a surname derived from Magdala, the place of her nativity, given to one of the Marys of the Gospels to distinguish her from the other Marys (Matt. 27:56, 61; 28:1, etc.). A mistaken notion has prevailed that this Mary was a woman of bad character, that she was the woman who is emphatically called "a sinner" (Luke 7:36-50). (See MARY.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Literature	Magdalene (3 syl.). An asylum for the reclaiming of prostitutes; so called from Mary Magdalene or Mary of Magdala, "out of whom Jesus cast seven devils." A great profligate till she met with the Lord and Saviour. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Modern Usage: MAGDALENE

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Well, they might have added a Magdalene to it. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)
Movie/TV Titles	Maria Magdalene (1963) The Eternal Magdalene (1919) A Magdalene of the Hills (1917) An Innocent Magdalene (1916) The New Magdalene (1910)
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Commercial Usage: MAGDALENE

Domain	Title
Books	Mary, Called Magdalene (reference) The Ascension of the Magdalene (Coriolis Unknown Armies/D20) (reference) The Magdalene Gospel: Meeting the Women Who Followed Jesus (reference) The two loves : Mary Magdalene, Judas Iscariot (reference) The Woman Jesus Loved: Mary Magdalene in the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Documents (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, 40) (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: MAGDALENE

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The Magdalene. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Non-Fiction Usage: MAGDALENE

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Greece	In September 2000, a Thessaloniki court ruled in favor of a former Member of Parliament (M.P.), Mimis Androulakis, whose novel "M to the Power of N" was banned from circulation in seven northern prefectures in May 2000 as a "blasphemous" book because of sexual connotations regarding the relationship between Christ and Mary Magdalene. (references)
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Usage Frequency: MAGDALENE

"MAGDALENE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MAGDALENE" is used about 83 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	83	36,350

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Name Usage Frequency: MAGDALENE

The following table summarizes the usage of "MAGDALENE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Magdalene	First name Female	4,000	1,460
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: MAGDALENE

"MAGDALENE" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a person from Magdala", "someone from Magdala", "a tower".

The following table summarizes names related to "MAGDALENE."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Magdalene	Female	Biblical	N/A
Magdalene	N/A	Biblical	N/A
Magda	Female	Czech	Magdalene
Magdalena	Female	Czech	Magdalene
Magdalone	Female	Danish	Magdalene
Malene	Female	Danish	Magdalene
Magda	Female	Dutch	Magdalene
Magdalena	Female	Dutch	Magdalene
Magdalen	Female	English	Magdalene
Magdalene	Female	English	N/A
Matleena	Female	Finnish	Magdalene
Madeleine	Female	French	Magdalene
Madeline	Female	French	Magdalene
Magda	Female	German	Magdalene
Magdalena	Female	German	Magdalene
Magdalene	Female	German	N/A
Magdolna	Female	Hungarian	Magdalene
Madailéin	Female	Irish	Magdalene
Maddalena	Female	Italian	Magdalene
Magda	Female	Polish	Magdalene
Magdalena	Female	Polish	Magdalene
Magdalena	Female	Portuguese	Magdalene
Magda	Female	Romanian	Magdalene
Magda	Female	Scandinavian	Magdalene
Magdalena	Female	Scandinavian	Magdalene
Magdalena	Female	Spanish	Magdalene
Malin	Female	Swedish	Magdalene
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Expressions: MAGDALENE

Expressions using "MAGDALENE": Lake Magdalene ♦ Maria Magdalene von Losch ♦ Mary Magdalene ♦ St Mary Magdalene. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MAGDALENE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
mary magdalene	328	jesus magdalene married mary	4
magdalene sister	85	columbus magdalene mary ohio st	4
magdalene	31	france magdalene mary	3
gospel magdalene mary	19	laundry magdalene	3
laundries magdalene	19	last magdalene supper	3
grail holy magdalene mary	18	boarding magdalene mary school	3
jesus and mary magdalene	16	magdalene mary who	3
magdalene mary st	11	lake magdalene sailwinds	3
asylum magdalene	11	grail holy magdalene	3
last magdalene mary supper	11	biography magdalene mary	3
magdalene mary saint	10	church of mary magdalene	3
gospels magdalene mary thomas	10	diary magdalene	3
da last magdalene mary supper vinci	9	knight magdalene mary templar	3
magdalene movie sister	8	magdalene odundo	3
magdalene school	7	magdalene mary painting	2
island magdalene	6	magdalene mary picture	2
lake magdalene	5	da magdalene mary vinci	2
jesus magdalene mary wife	5	church magdalene mary st	2
da last magdalene supper vinci	4	magdalene mary wild	2
magdalene penitent	4	da last leonardo magdalene mary supper vinci	2
		college magdalene	2
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Modern Translation: MAGDALENE

Language		Translations for "MAGDALENE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Manx		Malane, Malaine. (various references)

Pig Latin		agdalenemay

Portuguese		pecadora arrependida. (various references)

Spanish		Magdalena. (various references)

Welsh		Modlen. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: MAGDALENE

Language	Date	Source	John Chapter 20, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Ercetai maria h magdalhnh apaggellousa toiV maqhtaiV oti ewraken ton kurion kai tauta eipen auth
Latin	405	Vulgate	Venit Maria Magdalene adnuntians discipulis quia vidi Dominum et haec dixit mihi
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ða com sye magdalenisce Maria. & kydde þam leorning-cnihtan. & cwæð. Ichge-seah drihtan. & þas þing he me sayde.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Marie Maudeleyne cam, tellinge to the disciplis, That Y sai the Lord, and these thingis he seide to me.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Mary Magdalene came and tolde the disciples yt she had sene the lorde and yt he had spoken soche thinges vnto her.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things to her.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Mary Magdalene went with the news to the disciples, and said she had seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her.
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Matched Bible Translations: MAGDALENE

Language	John Chapter 20, Verse 18
Cebuano	Ug si Maria Magdalena miadto ug ang mga tinun-an iyang gisuginlan nga nag-ingon, "Nakita ko ang Ginoo." Ug gisugilon niya nga kadtong mga butanga gisulti ni Jesus kaniya.
Croatian	Ode dakle Marija Magdalena i navijesti uèenicima: "Vidjela sam Gospodina i on mi je to rekao."
Danish	Maria Magdalene kommer og forkynder Disciplene: "Jeg har set Herren," og at han havde sagt hende dette.
Dutch	Maria Magdalena ging en boodschapte den discipelen, dat zij den Heere gezien had, en dat Hij haar dit gezegd had.
Finnish	Maria Magdaleena meni ja ilmoitti opetuslapsille, että hän oli nähnyt Herran ja että Herra oli hänelle näin sanonut.
French	Marie de Magdala alla annoncer aux disciples qu`elle avait vu le Seigneur, et qu`il lui avait dit ces choses.
German	Maria Magdalena kommt und verkündigt den Jüngern: Ich habe den HERRN gesehen, und solches hat er zu mir gesagt.
Haitian Creole	Se konsa Mari, moun Magdala a, al di disip yo: Mwen wè Seyè a. Epi li rakonte yo sa Jezi te di li.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Maka Maria pergi memberitahukan kepada pengikut-pengikut Yesus bahwa ia sudah melihat Tuhan dan bahwa Tuhan sudah mengatakan semuanya itu kepadanya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka pergilah Maryam Magdalena dan mengabarkan kepada murid-murid itu, katanya, "Aku sudah berjumpa dengan Tuhan"; dan lagi kata-Nya kepada mereka itu bahwa Ia sudah mengatakan segala perkara itu kepadanya.
Maori	Haere ana a Meri Makarini, korero ana ki nga akonga, kua kite ia i te Ariki, kua korerotia hoki e ia enei mea ki a ia.
Norwegian	Maria Magdalena kommer og forteller disiplene: Jeg har sett Herren, og at han hadde sagt dette til henne.
Portuguese	E foi Maria Madalena anunciar aos discípulos: Vi o Senhor! - e que ele lhe dissera estas coisas.
Rumanian	Maria Magdalina s`a dus, wi a vestit ucenicilor cq a vqzut pe Domnul, wi cq i -a spus aceste lucruri.
Shuar	Nuyá Máktaranmaya Marisha Jesusa unuiniamurin Wáiniak "Wi Uuntan Wáinkiajai, Tímiayi. Niisha juna mash Túrutui" tu ujakarmiayi.
Swahili	Hivyo Maria Magdalene akaenda akawapa habari wale wanafunzi kuwa amemwona Bwana, na kwamba alikuwa amemwambia hivyo.
Swedish	Maria från Magdala gick då och omtalade för lärjungarna att hon hade sett Herren, och att han hade sagt detta till henne.
Uma	Kahilou-nami Maria Magdalena mpohirua' -raka ana'guru-na Yesus pai' na'uli': "Kuhilo-imi-kuna Pue'!" Pai' naparata-raka hawe'ea to na'uli' Yesus.
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Derivations & Misspellings: MAGDALENE

Derivations
	Words beginning with "MAGDALENE": magdalenes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"MAGDALENE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Madaleen, Madgalen, magdalenism, Magdalens, Magdallen, Magdelen, Magdelena, Magdelene. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "MAGDALENE"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "MAGDALENE" (pronounced ma"gdulē'n)
4	-u l ē' n	acetylene, aniline, ethylene, gasoline, mescaline, methylene, naphthalene, opaline, polyethylene, polypropylene, tourmaline.
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Anagrams: MAGDALENE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-g-l-m-n"
	-1 letter: endamage, magdalen, megadeal.
	-2 letters: angeled, endgame, gamelan, gleamed, gleaned, gleeman, leadman, leadmen, managed, mangled, melange.
	-3 letters: agenda, agleam, anadem, aneled, angled, anlage, damage, dangle, degame, demean, enamel, galeae, galena, gelada, lagend, leaden, leaned, legend, legman, legmen, maenad, manage, manege, mangel, mangle, menage.
	-4 letters: adage, adeem, adman, admen, agene, aglee, aland, alane, alang, algae, amend.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-e-g-l-m-n"
	+1 letter: magdalenes.
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