Stigmata

  1. Proper noun.  (religion, Christianity) bodily marks or sores, corresponding in location to the crucifixion wounds of Christ, supposed to occur during states of religious ecstasy or hysteria.
  2. Noun.  (irregular plural of, stigma) .

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