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stigmatist

stigmatist

9.9
A person whose body has marks like the wounds of Christ
  • noun
  • /ˈstɪɡməˌtɪst/
  • Literature
translation icon : estigmatista
  • Naturally, I'd heard of Padre Pio, the stigmatist.

Examples

  • Pio remains to this day the best known of all stigmatists. - Rev.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The life of stigmatists is but a long series of sorrows that arise from the divine malady of stigmata and end only in death. -Dr. Imbert

    Fiction book (2002)

  • I found 331 stigmatists and not a single other professed atheist.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Padre Pio is widely regarded as a famous stigmatist due to the miraculous wounds he bore on his body.

  • Many believers consider a stigmatist to be someone chosen by God to experience the suffering of Christ.

  • The accounts of various stigmatists throughout history often inspire deep faith in religious communities.

Synonyms

stigmatic
vsstigmatist
  • Literature
1 9.9

A person who has marks or wounds on their body that people think are signs from God

has identical meaning but is an alternate form of the term

Surface Forms

stigmatist singular
stigmatists plural

Morphology

stigmatist = stigma (semi-transparent) = stigma + ist

The form is built from the recognizable base 'stigma' plus '-ist', but the word refers to the specialized religious marks of the stigmata rather than the more general modern meaning of 'stigma'.

Etymology

The word stigmatist comes from the Greek word stigma, meaning 'mark' or 'brand'. A stigmatist is someone who shows marks on their body that people saw as the wounds of Christ, so the origin explains why the word refers to these religious marks.