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1. (n.) Stabat Mater
a Latin hymn, composed in the 13th century, commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the Cross.
2. Stabat Mater
a musical setting for this.
Etymology: (lit., (His) mother was standing, the first words of the hymn)
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1. Stabat Mater
a celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making "the way of the cross" (Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c)
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1. Stabat Mater
A Latin hymn on the dolours of the Virgin, beginning with these words, and composed in the 13th century by Jacopone da Todi, a Franciscan monk, and set to music by several composers, the most popular being Rossini's.
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