magdalen

IPA: mˈægdʌɫʌn

Root Word: Magdalen

A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Magdalene
(Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Magdalen College, Oxford.
Alternative form of Magdalene (“a reformed prostitute”) [A female given name from Hebrew]

Examples of "magdalen" in Sentences

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And bitter tears mingled with the salt brine flashing by -- the tears of a repentent magdalen.
Part of the land became the home of the School for the Indigent Blind, with a magdalen hospital and a home for female orphans nearby.
The best kept secret in Canada's Quebec maritime is Les Isles de la Madeleine, www. tourismeilesdelamadeleine.com/magdalen-islands an isolated archipelago of seven inhabited islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with only 15,000 residents.
Sisters from the mother-house of Algersdorf, Graz, 9, with 1 institution 1 magdalen asylum, with 17 canonesses, and 15 lay sisters; Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross, 3, with one establishment; Sisters of the Teutonic Order, 9, with one hospital; 1
Had you, Mrs. Douglas, put on (as became you) the garb of a magdalen; and solicited through me, the means to bring up your child, and support yourself in a state of penitence, and humility; if I had not succeeded in my application to your paramour, there are well disposed christians, there are some virtuous women, who would not with-hold their alms from so pious a purpose.