maria : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to her
  Hail Mary.
  

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A"ve Ma*ri"a, A"ve Ma"ry (Also<

• Ave Maria
• Ave Mary

)

Etymology

From the first words of the Roman Catholic prayer to the Virgin Mary; L. ave hail, Maria Mary.

Definitions

1. A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church.

   To number Ave Maries on his beads. Shak.

2. A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria.

   Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! Byron.

Webster 1913

• noun German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826)
  Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber; Weber.
  

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• noun van used by police to transport prisoners
  wagon; police van; paddy wagon; police wagon; patrol wagon.
  
• noun a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
  hearts.
  

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• noun German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826)
  Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber; Weber.
  

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• noun Italian pope from 1846 to 1878 who in 1854 declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
  Pius IX; Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti.
  

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• noun United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885)
  Helen Hunt Jackson; Jackson.
  

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• noun king of Spain since 1975 (born in 1938)
  Juan Carlos.
  

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• noun Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977)
  Maria Callas; Callas.
  

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• noun Italian composer of church music and operas (1760-1842)
  Cherubini; Luigi Cherubini.
  

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• noun United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992)
  Dietrich; Marlene Dietrich.
  

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• noun Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977)
  Maria Callas; Callas.
  

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• noun United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889)
  Mitchell.
  

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• noun Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-centered approach (1870-1952)
  Montessori.
  

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• noun United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925)
  Tallchief.
  

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• noun German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20th-century German literature (1875-1926)
  Rilke.
  

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• noun port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin
  Feliz Lusitania; Para; Belem; St. Mary of Bethlehem.
  

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• noun a town in southeastern Mexico near Oaxaca; site of Ahuehuete, a giant Montezuma cypress
  

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• noun West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice
  calaba; Calophyllum calaba.
  

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