Definition of mary Mary
/mɛˈɹi/ - [meree] - Mar•y
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What does mary mean?
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| mary - the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics | ||
| Virgin Mary, The Virgin, Blessed Virgin, Madonna | ||
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- mary (Noun)
A male homosexual.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- mary (n.)
Marrow. - mary (interj.)
See Marry.
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mary
The mother of Jesus Christ.
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mother of Jesus
In Christianity, Mary (Judeo-Aramaic מרים Maryām "Bitter"; Arabic مريم (Maryam); Septuagint Greek Μαριαμ, Mariam, Μαρια, Maria; Syriac: Mart Maryam) was the mother of Jesus. Her story is told in the New Testament of the Bible.
Mary in the Bible.
Christian beliefs about Mary are based on the Bible. In the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke, it says that Mary was a young woman who was engaged to be married to a man called Joseph. The Gospel of Luke says that an angel came to Mary to tell her that she would give birth to a Son and she should call him Jesus and that he would save people from their sins.
Mary said "How can this happen? I am a virgin!"
The angel said "With God, anything can happen!"
When Joseph found out that Mary was pregnant, he thought about what he should do. If he married her, he would be unclean. He decided to privately break the engagement. But then he had a dream. An angel told him that the baby was "the Son of God".
At this time, the Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus, made a law that everyone in the Roman Empire must pay tax. Everyone had to go back to the town that their family came from, to have their name put on the tax lists. Joseph came from Bethlehem, which was called "The City of David". Joseph took Mary to Bethlehem and she gave birth to the baby, Jesus, in an animal shed, because there was no room for them.
The Bible tells that thirty-three years later Jesus was killed by crucifixion. Although many of Jesus' friends were frightened and ran away
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