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‖ Theotokos|θiːˈɒtəkɒs|
[a. Gr. θεοτόκος adj., f. θεό-ς God + -τοκος bringing forth, f. stem τεκ-, τοκ- of τίκτειν to bear.]
A title of the Virgin Mary as ‘Mother of God’; = Deipara.
1874Pusey Lent. Serm. 206 By this the lowly Virgin became Theotokos, ‘the Mother of God’. 1879Sir G. G. Scott Lect. Archit. xvii. II. 257 The Church of the Holy Theotokos, or of the Mother of God, is of much later date. 1896Trans. St. Paul's Eccles. Soc. IV. i. 175 The devout orison to our Lady..said in honour of the Blessed Theotokos.
So Theˈotoky, the divine motherhood of Mary.
1899Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 4/3 The Mysteries of..the Virginity of the Blessed Virgin, the Theotoky. |