Magdalenen.
/ˈmaɡdəlᵻn/, U.S. /ˈmæɡdələn//ˈmɔːdlᵻn/, U.S. /ˈmɔdl(ə)n/, /ˈmɑdl(ə)n/ represented by this spelling is still current for the names of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Magdalene College, Cambridge. In the course of the history of the two forms, there has been an almost complete overlap of usage (compare senses at maudlin n.), although apparently never for very long in each sense. The spelling Magdalen or Magdalene became established for references to Mary herself, and in senses relating to her identification as a reformed prostitute; maudlin , except in the names of plants, only for ‘mawkish sentimentality’, after maudlin adj. N.E.D. (1904) records pronunciations (mæ·gdălĕn) /ˈmæɡdələn/ and (mæ·gdălīn) /ˈmæɡdəliːn/. The latter pronunciation with long vowel in the final syllable is in the late 20th cent. recorded only for the biblical proper name, for which (in form Magdalene ) a British pronunciation with four syllables /ˌmæɡdəˈliːni/ is also recorded. With senses 4a, 4b, and 4c compare French madeleine denoting varieties of peach, apple, and pear (1840), magdeleine denoting varieties of peach and pear (1721), and earlier poire magdelene (1715). 1.
a. Christian Church. the Magdalene: Mary Magdalene, a follower of Jesus to whom he appeared after his resurrection (John 20:1–18), in the Western Church frequently also identified with the unnamed sinner of Luke 7:37, and therefore represented in hagiology as a reformed prostitute elevated to sanctity by repentance and faith. Now chiefly historical. [At Mark 16:1 (Vulgate maria magdalene) the Old English Lindisfarne interlinear gloss has ðio magdalene (the name Maria is to be inferred from the Latin text) and at Luke 24:10 maria ðio magdalena, as against ðio magðalenesca elsewhere in the Lindisfarne gloss and regularly in the Rushworth gloss and in the West Saxon gospel translation (alongside Luke 24:10 maria magdalene, John 19:25 maria magdalenisce).]
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > disciple > [noun] > female > Mary Magdalen
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a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 2437 (MED) Þer hi hulde ham in an hurne..Oure lady and hure twey sustren and þe Magdaleyn al-so.
c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 502 Iudas grucched agayns the Magdeleyne [v.r. magdelen].
1568 in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 154 The Magdalene and Mare Salamee Abasit wer in spirnit.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 272 We had the pleasure there to see a morall representation of the Magdalens conversion.
1850 ‘S. Yendys’ Roman ii. 36 Heaven, Where angels hail the Magdalen.
1865 E. H. Plumptre Master & Scholar 93 The twain, The sinner and the Magdalene, they joyed To think that [etc.].
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xx. 261 The..gloom in which they walked..often made him think of the Resurrection hour. He little thought that the Magdalen might be at his side.
2001 www.nationalgallery.org.uk 17 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) The small Conversion of the Magdalen in the National Gallery, attributed to Pedro Campaña..is derived from a composition by Federico Zuccaro.
b. A representation of Mary Magdalene in art.
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a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1649 (1955) II. 550 A Magdalena of Quintine the black-smith.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 294 Many excellent Pictures, especialy the Magdalen of Carrachio.
1813 Ld. Byron Genevra 10 When from his beauty-breathing pencil born..The Magdalen of Guido saw the morn.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice ii. iv. 104 But a smooth Magdalen of Carlo Dolci with a tear on each cheek..rarely fails of being verily, often deeply, felt for the time.
1871 D. G. Rossetti Let. 12 Jan. (1967) III. 928 I..shall then have one other large one at least ready—I hope the Magdalene.
2001 www.barahonapossollo.net 17 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) This ‘Magdalen’ is super-imposed onto the words of Maddalena de'Pazzi.
2. In extended uses.† b. Short for Magdalene house n. at Compounds 2. Obsolete.
a. Originally: a repentant (female) sinner; esp. a reformed prostitute. Later: a prostitute. Occasionally more fully Mary Magdalene.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun] > one who is reformed > reformed prostitute
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1563 Latimer's Serm. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1303/2 I doute not but we be all Magdelens, in fallyng into sinne..but we bee not agayne Magdelens in knowing our selues and in rysing from sinne.
a1631 J. Donne Hymn to Saints in Poems (1633) 163 Wish him a David, her a Magdalen.
a1631 J. Donne Relique in Poems (1633) 289 Thou shalt be a Mary Magdalen, and I A something else thereby.
1697 J. Dennis Plot & no Plot Epil. 80 I your young, buxom Magdalen's despise, She Saints, that have sev'n Devils in their eyes.
1737 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) II Magdalens, an order of nuns, or rather worn out and penitent courtesans at Rome, upon whom a revenue was settled by Pope Clement VIII.
1758 Plan for establishing Magdalen-Charity 36 The General Committee shall empower three of their number to visit the wards, to enquire into the behavior of the Magdalens [etc.].
a1779 D. Garrick in R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough (1781) Prol. Those writers well and wisely use their pens, Who turn our Wantons into Magdalens.
1823 W. Scott Peveril IV. xiii. 309 [She] stood..with an humble air, as different from that which she wore in the harem of the Duke of Buckingham, as that of a Magdalen from a Judith.
1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. i. iii. 58 Sour old maids, and maundering Magdalens.
a1882 A. Trollope Autobiogr. (1883) II. xviii. 180 A poor abased creature..with very little of the Magdalene about her—because though there may be Magdalenes they are not often found.
1932 J. M. S. Tompkins Pop. Novel in Eng. 1770–1800 iv. 153 The Magdalens of gentle blood..descend..to the family vault. It is a clear case of noblesse oblige.
1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) iv. 87 I have not been able to find one well-authenticated case of a Magdalen of Paris who has..settled down to habits of legitimate work.
1984 J. Meades Filthy Eng. 9 Aniseed is inseparably linked in my mind to the bodies of fallen women. It is the madeleine that evokes a Magdalene.
2012 Guardian (Nexis) 26 May The brothel in Ste-Madeleine..is filled with workaday Magdalenes who long for their ugly lives to be made pretty.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for reformed prostitutes
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Magdalene charity1758
Magdalene house1758
Magdalene hospital1759
Magdalene1766
Magdalene Society1800
penitentiary1806
Magdalene asylum1818
rescue home1855
Magdalene home1901
Magdalene ward1904
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 311 In Prescot-street..we find a modern institution..founded by the name of the Magdalen.
1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman iv. 155 Many innocent girls..are..ruined before they know the difference between virtue and vice... Asylums and Magdalenes are not the proper remedies for these abuses.
1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. i. 1 The numerous temples, hospitals,..and magdalens which then covered our land.
1980 O. Checkland Philanthropy Victorian Scotl. xiv. 240 The education given in the Magdalenes was based on Bible-reading.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > unidentified or variously identified plants > [noun]
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1589 J. Eldred in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations ii. 233 These Camels wil liue very well two or three dayes without water: their feeding is on Thistles, Worme-wood, Magdalene and other strong weedes.
a. A variety of dessert apple. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > eating-apple
Magdalene1665
1665 J. Rea Flora iii. i. 209 The Margaret, or Magdalen Apple, is a fair and beautiful fruit..best eaten off the Tree.
1686 J. Ray Hist. Plantarum II. xxvi. 1447 The Margaret, or Magdalene.
1726 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 3) As for those that are fit for walls and dwarf hedg-trees in large fruit gardens, these are some;..the Margaret or Magdalen, [etc.].
b. Any of several old varieties of peach. Chiefly with distinguishing word. Cf. maudlin n. Obsolete.red Magdalene: see red adj. white Magdalene: see white adj. and n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > peach > types of peach
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a1678 T. Hanmer Garden Bk. (1933) 152 The Red and White Nutmeg Peach,..the Lawrent, the Magdalen.
1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. viii. 38 The White Magdalen has a..sugar'd winy Taste.
1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) p. viij There are sometimes..but scurvy Peaches among the Minions, Magdalens, Violets, Admirables, &c.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Persica 4. The Red Magdalaine (or Magdelene Rouge).
1765 Museum Rusticum 4 iv. 17 The magdalene is generally a vigorous tree.
1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 144 Red Magdalen (French Magdalen).
c. In full Magdalene pear. An early-ripening variety of pear. Cf. maudlin n. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > other types of
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1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Pyrus 18. Pyrus; sativa, fructu æstivo, turbinato, è viridi albido. Poire Magdelené, i.e. The Magdalene Pear. This is a large, round Pear, in Shape like a Burgamot; the Skin is green, and the Flesh is melting, but it is very subject to rot upon the Tree... It ripens the end of July.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 315 And these Pears [in August]... Gros Oignonet, Magdalen Pear, Cassolette.
1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 704 Dessert Pears.—Summer Fruit, placed in the order of their ripening. 1. Citron des Carmes. [Synonym] Magdalen [etc.].
Compounds
C1. General attributive (in sense 1).† Magdalene style n. Obsolete
Magdalene-look n.
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1752 ‘H. Beaumont’ Crito 11 That Magdalen-look in some fine Faces after weeping.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > tone > as author's attitude
Magdalene style1766
tone1929
1766 Ann. Reg. 1765 ii. Characters 59/1 She wrote a letter to her husband d'Estiolles, in the true Magdalen style; intreating him to receive her again.
C2. † Magdalene day n. Obsolete the feast of St Mary Magdalene, 22 July.† Magdalene house n. Obsolete a place of refuge and rehabilitation for prostitutes; also in extended use.† Magdalene-tide n. Obsolete rare the period around the feast of St Mary Magdalene, 22 July.
Magdalene asylum n. now historical = Magdalene house n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for reformed prostitutes
Maudlin house1595
maudlin1603
maudlin hospital1680
Magdalene charity1758
Magdalene house1758
Magdalene hospital1759
Magdalene1766
Magdalene Society1800
penitentiary1806
Magdalene asylum1818
rescue home1855
Magdalene home1901
Magdalene ward1904
1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy II. ii. 79 I will not have my house made a magdalen asylum to a parcel of canting methodistical thieves.
1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals (1877) II. iv. 98 Magdalen asylums and foundling hospitals.
1998 Guardian 14 Mar. (Guide Suppl.) 74/2 Fortunately the last Magdalene asylum closed in 1996.
Magdalene charity n. now historical = Magdalene house n.; spec. (the name of) a charitable institution in London (see Magdalene hospital n.).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for reformed prostitutes
Maudlin house1595
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maudlin hospital1680
Magdalene charity1758
Magdalene house1758
Magdalene hospital1759
Magdalene1766
Magdalene Society1800
penitentiary1806
Magdalene asylum1818
rescue home1855
Magdalene home1901
Magdalene ward1904
1758 (title) A plan for establishing a Charity-House..for the reception of repenting Prostitutes, to be called the Magdalen Charity.
1893 Origin of London Magdalen Hosp. 5 Queen Charlotte..became patroness. Her copy of the book, ‘The Magdalen Charity’, is now in the possession of the Hospital.
Magdalene cup n. now historical a covered and footed beaker-like drinking vessel, typically made of silver, and resembling the ointment jar which Mary Magdalene is conventionally represented as holding.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun]
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?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 26/1 Item one Magdalen Cuppe guilt the body playne the foote and couer wrought.
1990 P. Glanville Silver in Tudor & Early Stuart Eng. ii. xiv. 273 Magdalen cups occur at least from the mid-sixteenth century in plate inventories... They were treasured personal drinking vessels.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Feast of Mary Magdalen (22 July) > [noun]
Maudlin dayc1380
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Magdalene day1485
1485 Certificate in Surtees Misc. (1890) 46 The Sunday after þe Magdaleyne day.
1523 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) I. 116 The prior and convent..clayme of me..a buck or a soor agaynst Mary Magdaleyn yerely.]
a1669 Skene Agric. MS in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Magdalen day in Lithgow whilk is nine dayis before Lambes is good to buy ather oxen..or horse.
Magdalene home n. (also Magdalene's home) now historical = Magdalene house n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for reformed prostitutes
Maudlin house1595
maudlin1603
maudlin hospital1680
Magdalene charity1758
Magdalene house1758
Magdalene hospital1759
Magdalene1766
Magdalene Society1800
penitentiary1806
Magdalene asylum1818
rescue home1855
Magdalene home1901
Magdalene ward1904
1901 Daily Chron. 14 Aug. 5/7 These institutions are Magdalene homes.
1906 J. Joyce Let. 13 Nov. (1966) II. 192 It is run by a society of Protestant spinsters..as a Magdalen's home.
1980 F. K. Prochaska Women & Philanthropy in 19th-cent. Eng. ii. vi. 188 The dramatic growth in rescue societies and Magdalene homes; the latter jumped in number from 60 in 1856 to 308 fifty years later.
Magdalene hospital n. now historical = Magdalene house n.; spec. (the name of) a charitable institution in London.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for reformed prostitutes
Maudlin house1595
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Magdalene charity1758
Magdalene house1758
Magdalene hospital1759
Magdalene1766
Magdalene Society1800
penitentiary1806
Magdalene asylum1818
rescue home1855
Magdalene home1901
Magdalene ward1904
1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 104/2 The Magdalen hospital in Goodman's fields..was opened.
1958 S. B. Pearce (title) An ideal in the working; the story of the Magdalen Hospital, 1758 to 1958.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for reformed prostitutes
Maudlin house1595
maudlin1603
maudlin hospital1680
Magdalene charity1758
Magdalene house1758
Magdalene hospital1759
Magdalene1766
Magdalene Society1800
penitentiary1806
Magdalene asylum1818
rescue home1855
Magdalene home1901
Magdalene ward1904
1758 (title) The plan of the Magdalen House for the reception of penitent Prostitutes.
1776 Carlisle Mag. 21 Sept. 169 Obtaining admittance into the Magdalen-house.
Magdalene Society n. now historical a benevolent organization founded in the late 18th cent. for the refuge and reform of prostitutes; (sometimes) spec. a Magdalene house.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for reformed prostitutes
Maudlin house1595
maudlin1603
maudlin hospital1680
Magdalene charity1758
Magdalene house1758
Magdalene hospital1759
Magdalene1766
Magdalene Society1800
penitentiary1806
Magdalene asylum1818
rescue home1855
Magdalene home1901
Magdalene ward1904
1800 (title) The Constitution of the Magdalen Society [of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania].
1869 P. Virginia Think & Act 99 Employment at fair remuneration will do more to rescue in season those for whom the vortex of the brothel is yawning, than all the Magdalen societies in existence.
1969 J. Fowles French Lieutenant's Woman iv. 23 She had set up a home for fallen women—true, it was of such repentant severity that most of the beneficiaries of her Magdalen Society scrambled back down to the pit of iniquity as soon as they could.
1995 L. A. De Cunzo in Hist. Archaeol. 29 iii. 17/2 While serving as Vice-President of the Magdalen Society, Ralston also managed the City Dispensary.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun]
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1649–50 Reg. Visitors Univ. Oxf. (1881) 277 Whereas the President and Fellows of Magdalen Colledge should have proceeded at Magdalen-tyde last to an election [etc.].
Magdalene ward n. rare a ward (in a hospital) for the accommodation of reformed prostitutes.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for reformed prostitutes
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Magdalene charity1758
Magdalene house1758
Magdalene hospital1759
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Magdalene asylum1818
rescue home1855
Magdalene home1901
Magdalene ward1904
1904 N.E.D. at Magdalen Magdalen ward, the ward (in a hospital) devoted to the reception of ‘Magdalens’.
1917 H. F. B. Compston Magdalen Hosp. i. 19 At S. Bartholomew's there used to be a separate ward for certain cases which was known as the ‘Magdalen’ ward.
Derivatives
ˈMagdalenism n. prostitution.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun]
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1840 W. Tait (title) Magdalenism. An inquiry into the extent, causes, and consequences of prostitution in Edinburgh.
1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) iv. 90 Non-professional competition..has gnawed away the foundations of Magdalenism.
ˈMagdalene-like adj.
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1794 C. Smith Wanderings of Warwick 169 With all her penitent looks, and Magdalen-like graces.
1997 M. Lowe-Evans in J. W. Wawrzycka & M. G. Corcoran Gender in Joyce vi. 103 Both Joyce and Stephen reject their mothers' influence..and..both take up with Magdalen-like versions of Mary as Jesus did after Cana.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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