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Stigmatist

Stigmatist \Stig"ma*tist\, n. One believed to be supernaturally impressed with the marks of Christ's wounds. See Stigma, 8.

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stigmatist

n. A person whose body is marked by stigmata; a stigmatic

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stigmatist

n. a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ) [syn: stigmatic]

Usage examples of "stigmatist".

The stigmatists were often imposters who artificially opened their scars, and set the example for the really peculiar cases of bloody sweat, which among ignorant people was considered evidence of sympathy with the agony of the Cross.

Chambers mentions a woman of twenty-seven who suffered from bloody sweat after the manner of the stigmatists, and Petrone mentions a young man of healthy antecedents, the sweat from whose axillae and pubes was red and very pungent.