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Mother of God en · INTJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Calque of Latin Mater Dei and its descendants in other languages, from the Christian concept of the Trinity whereby Jesus as God the Son is identical to God the Father as the single divinity.

Meanings

1. Said in supplication to Mary.
   • Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of death. Amen.
2. (Ireland, qualifier:blasphemous) An expression of surprise.
   • And your husband's parents were in the earthquake zone? Mother of God! Did they survive?
   • Near-synonyms: Jesus, Mary and Joseph; wow; see also Thesaurus:wow
   • “What a place!” her mother had exclaimed, when they finally arrived after almost a week of driving. “Sensational! Smell that? Eucalyptus trees! Mother of God, I feel a hundred percent better already, I swear it. And a big nice pool for you—two of them, will you look at that. Now how could anybody stay sick in a place like this, I ask you?” 1990, Karen Lawrence, Springs of Living Water, New York, NY: Villard Books, →ISBN, page 47:
3. (Ireland, qualifier:blasphemous) An expression of disgust, annoyance, or disappointment.
   • Mother of God! I've had it up to here with your bullshit!
   • “Mother of God! You should have asked me before you released that old woman. Now I can expect the wrath of hell to fall on my head when I walk through that door!” Tristan exclaimed, nodding at his cabin. 1978 October, Johanna Lindsey, A Pirate's Love, New York, NY: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 51:

Deriveds

Holy Mother · Holy Mother of God

Synonyms

fark · goddamn · goodness · chihuahua · dang · yikes bikes · holy magnum · I never · by George · mama mia · holy ravioli · geez Louise · good golly · dadgummit · jumping Jesus · by gummy · I'll be a monkey's uncle · goshdarnit · blow me over · cowabunga · feck · fuck me · holy kamoly · holy man · holy crap · crap · begorra · by gosh · holy guacamole · I'll be dipped · Holy Mother of God · great balls of fire · gadzooks · drat · nuts · well · my giddy aunt · get out of town · piss · zounds · holy crap on a cracker · strewth · flipping heck · coo · by the living jingo · oh em gee · 'sheart · dearie me · omigosh · fuck me · heck · 'sdeath · dagnabbit · leapin' lizards · Christ on a bike · blow me down · adzooks · Mother of God · ay · shiver my timbers · bleeding heck · oh my Goddess · lawks · jeez · lordy · hot damn · 'sblood · jeezy-peezy · I'll be danged · holy doodle · my Lord · oh my fuck · lawks a-mercy · Gordon Bennett · good Lord · gosh all hemlock · stone the crows · my sainted aunt · great Scott · bummer · crivvens · Christ on a raft · dear me · mother of Pearl · zoinks · my · gad so · rats · bless us · good gracious · great Caesar's ghost · fuark · blow me backwards · gaw · Jesum Crow · praise the Lord · by God · oh my Lord · cor lummy · blow me pink · fucking hell · zoiks · oh my hell · jeepers creepers · suffering succotash · cor · I'll be a dirty bird! · son of a bitch · Jesus fuck · by juckies · blow me tight · my God · Jesus H. Christ · Jesus, Mary and Joseph · hang it all · bless my soul · I'll be dashed · cor blimey · byrlady · golly · golly gee willikers · sakes alive · hooly dooly · sugar · Christ alive · Jiminy Cricket · shit · fook · oh · heyday · doggonit · Christ on a stick · dammit · Jaysus · shut the front door · sheesh · oh my · fiddlestick · jumping Jehoshaphat · bleeding Nora · Christ almighty · ish · curses · please · God's teeth · by Jove · Mother of God · ermahgerd · dammit · hello · holy crickets · son of a gun · hell's bells · holy dignity · frak · great Caesar · ruddy hell · oh my God · hell's bloody bells · oh my word · fiddle · dear God · blige · by jingo · shart · fucking Nora · I'll be hornswoggled · googly-moogly · crud · by Allah · Jupiter · my gosh · holy smoke · whoah · I'll be damned · shitting Nora · darn · holy fuck knuckles · goodness me · byrlady · flipping Nora · I'll be hanged · slap my ass and call me Judy · sweet mother of God · wowee · holy Moses · knock me over with a feather · zound · jinkies · shoot · blast · my heavens · sweet mother of Jesus · holy moley · Lord be praised · ods bodikin · shit fire and save matches · imagine that · jeepers · shut my mouth · by golly · Jerusalem crickets · holy fuck · my my · holy mackerel · 4uck · oh my days · yikes · Jesus Murphy · gramercy · holy buckets · gorblimey · doggone · bloody hell · strike me pink · wow · oh my gosh · gadsbud · dear Lord · gee · chihuahua · snakes alive · what do you know · goshdarn · good heavens · holy crud · Lord love a duck · blow me · hallo · chuffing hell · dizamn · good gravy · fiddlefart · I'll be blowed · Lord · I'll be darned · golly gosh · by Jupiter · glory be · sweet Mary · I'll be · odzookens · holy fudge · Jesus · goodness gracious me · omigod · heavens to Murgatroyd · gee whiz · good grief · fiddlesticks · 'struth · O gemini · goddammit · egads · Holy Mother · lauks · d'oh · peas and rice · heavens above · ohmigod · what · diggety · God in heaven · sacré bleu · bless my heart · fuck · dash it · gee willikers · holy hell · I'll be buggered · sweet Grandma on stilts · gyatt · suffering Moses · holy cannoli · Gadsbodikins · oh my stars · land sakes · sweet Jesus · great googly moogly · yowzah · Jeebus · Christ on a cracker · poo · holy kamoley · hell · blow me up · geeminy · holy Hannah · Holy Mother of God · zowie · by cracky · shucks · gosh · mirabile dictu · rah · egad · my sainted uncle · whoa · you don't say · I'll be jiggered · suffering centipedes · OMG · jeez Louise · fancy that · oh my heck · holy moly · flaming Nora · jings · my conscience · oh my goodness gracious · I'm blowed · knock me down with a feather · stone me · dash · mamma mia · holy macaroni · goodness gracious · hey · by thunder · ay · good God · fudge · criminy · I say · oh my life · I'll be bound · sodding hell · oh my goodness · I'll be dipped in shit · mercy sakes · darn it · geez · odsfish · wow · holy cow · holy cricket · holy Toledo · consarn it · deary me · suffering Sappho · God Almighty · hell's bloody bells and damnation · no way · waow · gorblimey · I'll be shot · Holy Mother · holy stromboli · blow my buttons · son of a gun · crikey · blimey · ruddy Nora · by gum · my word · gracious · good grief · man alive · bugger · wowzers · caramba · Mary and Joseph · I'll be a son of a bitch · phooey · Judas Priest · heavens · hell's bells · by all that is holy · butter my butt and call me a biscuit · geshmak · heavens to Betsy · my goodness · ye gods · Janey Mack · Christ · raasclaat · eep · zooterkins · Christ on a crutch · frick · ZOMFG · holy shit · oi · cripes · ZOMG · slap my ass and call me Sally · damn · Jesus Christ · I'll be a son of a gun · hold up · dang it · bloody Nora · jeezy peeps · lawl

Mother of God en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Calque of Latin Mater Dei and its descendants in other languages, from the Christian concept of the Trinity whereby Jesus as God the Son is identical to God the Father as the single divinity.

Meanings

1. A dogmatic title of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role as mother of God (God the Son).

Coordinates

God the Father

Deriveds

Holy Mother · Holy Mother of God

Synonyms

Christotokos · Mater Dei · Holy Mother · Holy Mother of God · Theotokos · Deipara

Translations (58)

be Ма́ці Бо́жая (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · ro Maica Domnului (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · sv Guds moder (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · uk Ма́тір Бо́жа (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · grc θεογεννήτωρ (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · bg Богоро́дица (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · pl Bogarodzica (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · pl Boża Rodzicielka (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · be Багаро́дзіца (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · de Muttergottes (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · sk Bohorodička (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · pl Matka Boża (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · uk Богоро́диця (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · el Θεοτόκος (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · ru Богома́терь (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · hu Isten Anyja (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · pt Mãe de Deus (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · sh Bogòrodica (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · la Mater Dei (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · hu Istenanya (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · syc ܝܳܠܕܰܬ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · ru Богоро́дица (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · fr Mère de Dieu (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · be Бо́жая Ма́ці (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · tpw Tupã sy (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · sh Бого̀родица (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · it Madre di Dio (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · el θεογεννήτρα (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · ru Ма́терь Бо́жия (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · mk Богородица (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · cs Matka Boží (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · pl Bogarodzicielka (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · ru Ма́терь Бо́жья (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · ka ღვთისმშობელი (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · be Багама́ці (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · ca Mare de Déu (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · sk Matka Božia (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · fi Jumalansynnyttäjä (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · tr Tanrı'yı Doğuran (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · gd Màthair Dhè (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · cu Богородица (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · el θεογεννήτρια (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · uk Богома́тір (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · mk Мајка Божја (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · pl Matka Boska (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · cs Bohorodička (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · tr Tanrı'nın Anası (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · es Madre de Dios (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · eo Dipatrino (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · de Mutter Gottes (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · sk Božia Matka (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · fi jumalanäiti (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · pl Bogurodzica (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · et jumalaema (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · uk Богома́ти (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · de Gottesmutter (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · ga Máthair Dé (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary) · tl Mahal na Ina (Mary, mother of Jesus, as the mother of God or God-bearer — see also Mary, Theotokos, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven, Virgin Mary)

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