stigmata
noun/stɪɡˈmɑːtə/, /ˈstɪɡmətə/
/stɪɡˈmɑːtə/, /ˈstɪɡmətə/
[plural]- marks that look like the wounds made by nails on the body of Jesus Christ, believed by some Christians to have appeared as holy marks on the bodies of some saints
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