: a person marked with stigmata : a person with bodily marks or pains resembling the wounds of the crucified Jesus
The monk, a "Friar G.," is a stigmatic (who bleeds with the wounds of Jesus) with a cult following in Italy.βπ Image
Joseph P. Szimhart
called also
stigmatist
1
: having or conveying a social stigma (see stigma sense 1a)
β¦ the event is an opportunity for people to debunk the stigmatic social narrative that addiction has anything to do with morality.βπ Image
Lisa Vidaurri Bowling
2
: of or relating to the stigma of a flower (see stigma sense 2a)
Germination of the pollen grains in the flowers β¦ occurs only after rupture of the stigmatic surface.βπ Image
Tomas Rodriguez-Riano et al.
3
religion
: of or relating to stigmata (see stigma sense 3a)
The walls also display pictures of Audrey with priests who have visited. But most arresting is β¦ a handkerchief stained by blood from her stigmatic wounds.βπ Image
Mathew N. Schmalz
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