the Virgin Mary

noun

: the mother of Jesus Christ

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Famous examples of pareidolia include seeing a man in the moon; a potato chip with the face of the Virgin Mary; or a bathroom floor tile that looks like Donald Trump. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 The painting depicts the Virgin Mary and a young St. John the Baptist holding the infant Christ, and it’s been in the possession of the St. Félix church in Champigny-en-Beauce, a small town in France’s Loire Valley, since the 1800s, per Artnet’s Devorah Lauter. Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024 Perhaps drawing on this Old Testament usage, the Virgin Mary became closely associated with ivory from the twelfth century. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Jan. 2025 Shortly after, a procession of riflemen and a statue of the Virgin Mary are paraded from San Geronimo de Taos church in front of more than 1,000 onlookers. Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for the Virgin Mary 

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“The Virgin Mary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Virgin%20Mary. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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