MARY

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• MARY (noun)
  The noun MARY has 1 sense:

1. the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

  Familiarity information: MARY used as a noun is very rare.

• MARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Blessed Virgin; Madonna; Mary; The Virgin; Virgin Mary

Instance hypernyms:

Jewess (a woman who is a Jew)

female parent; mother (a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother))

Derivation:

Marian (of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary)

 Context examples 

I do not blame you, Mary.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then I met Mary herself—and met her again.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yes, Mary, said he, drawing her arm within his, and walking along the sweep as if not knowing where he was: I could not get away sooner; Fanny looked so lovely!

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

“I believe I have the honour of addressing Miss Mary Holder. Might I ask you a question or two?”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Those are my sisters, Sarah and Mary.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Yes—try," repeated Mary gently; and Mary's hand removed my sodden bonnet and lifted my head.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"I cannot possibly do without Anne," was Mary's reasoning; and Elizabeth's reply was, "Then I am sure Anne had better stay, for nobody will want her in Bath."

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

“Don't you think, my dear,” said I, “it would be better for you to remonstrate with Mary Anne?”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

For a moment or two I could see nothing, as the shadow of a cloud obscured St. Mary's Church and all around it.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Me went to see little Mary.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)