In extended uses. Originally: a repentant (female) sinner; esp. a reformed prostitute. Later: a prostitute. Occasionally more fully Mary Magdalene.
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| 释义 | society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun] > one who is reformed > reformed prostitute (3) Magdalene1563 In extended uses. Originally: a repentant (female) sinner; esp. a reformed prostitute. Later: a prostitute. Occasionally more fully Mary Magdalene. convertite1565 spec. A reformed Magdalen. archaic. maudlin1601 A penitent resembling Mary Magdalene. Cf. Magdalene, n. 2a. Obsolete. |
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