Stigmata

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( pl.) of Stigma

(2): ( n.) pl. of Stigma.

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [2]

See Marks.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [3]

Impressions of marks corresponding to certain wounds received by Christ at His crucifixion, and which certain of the saints are said to have been supernaturally marked with in memory of His. St. Francis in particular showed such marks.

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