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stigme

stigme

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Noun

stigme (plural stigmes)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Anglicised form of stigma
    • c. 1400, Apology for Lollard Doctrines, page 92:
      Ȝe schal not prik ȝor flesch, ne mak to ȝow ani figeris, ne stigmes, þat are woundis.
      Ye shall not prick your flesh, nor make to you any figures, nor stigmes, that are wounds.
    • a. 1619, Martin Fotherby, Atheomastix (1622), book I, chapter iv, § 1, page 20:
      None..haue..branded any nation with the marke and stigme of Atheisme.

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