Marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ

• Holes in one's hands
• Identifying marks

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Stigmata is a 1999 American supernatural horror film directed by Rupert Wainwright and starring Patricia Arquette as an atheist hairdresser from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , who is afflicted with the stigmata after acquiring a rosary formerly owned by a deceased ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All these patients exhibited biological stigmata of primary hyperparathyroidism. ▪ Endoscopic stigmata of recent haemorrhage allow the identification of lesions with a high risk of rebleeding. ▪ It looks like a standard case, ...

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n. (en-irregular plural of: stigma )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stigma \Stig"ma\, n.; pl. E. Stigmas , L. Stigmata . [L., a mark, a brand, from Gr. ?, ?, the prick or mark of a pointed instrument, a spot, mark, from ? to prick, to brand. See Stick , v. t.] A mark made with a burning iron; a brand. Any mark of infamy ...

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n. marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ