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  Stigma \Stig"ma\, n.; pl. E. Stigmas, L. Stigmata. [L., a
     mark, a brand, from Gr. ?, ?, the prick or mark of a pointed
     instrument, a spot, mark, from ? to prick, to brand. See
     Stick, v. t.]
     1. A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.
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     2. Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish;
        stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct;
        reproachful characterization.
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              The blackest stigma that can be fastened upon him.
                                                    --Bp. Hall.
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              All such slaughters were from thence called
              Bartelmies, simply in a perpetual stigma of that
              butchery.                             --Sir G. Buck.
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     3. (Bot.) That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and
        is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the
        terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or
        viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower.
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     4. (Anat.) A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; --
        applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a
        Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance
        in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots.
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     5. (Pathol.) A red speck upon the skin, produced either by
        the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat
        characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy,
        or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards.
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     6. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) One of the external openings of the trache[ae] of
            insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle.
        (b) One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of
            arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.
        (c) One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and
            of Amphioxus.
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     7. (Geom.) A point so connected by any law whatever with
        another point, called an index, that as the index moves in
        any manner in a plane the first point or stigma moves in a
        determinate way in the same plane.
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     8. pl. (R. C. Ch.) Marks believed to have been supernaturally
        impressed upon the bodies of certain persons in imitation
        of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. See def. 5,
        above.
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  Stigma \Stig"ma\, n.; pl. E. Stigmas, L. Stigmata. [L., a
     mark, a brand, from Gr. ?, ?, the prick or mark of a pointed
     instrument, a spot, mark, from ? to prick, to brand. See
     Stick, v. t.]
     1. A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.
  
     2. Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish;
        stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct;
        reproachful characterization.
  
              The blackest stigma that can be fastened upon him.
                                                    --Bp. Hall.
  
              All such slaughters were from thence called
              Bartelmies, simply in a perpetual stigma of that
              butchery.                             --Sir G. Buck.
  
     3. (Bot.) That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and
        is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the
        terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or
        viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower.
  
     4. (Anat.) A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; --
        applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a
        Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance
        in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots.
  
     5. (Pathol.) A red speck upon the skin, produced either by
        the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat
        characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy,
        or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards.
  
     6. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) One of the external openings of the trache[ae] of
            insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle.
        (b) One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of
            arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.
        (c) One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and
            of Amphioxus.
  
     7. (Geom.) A point so connected by any law whatever with
        another point, called an index, that as the index moves in
        any manner in a plane the first point or stigma moves in a
        determinate way in the same plane.
  
     8. pl. (R. C. Ch.) Marks believed to have been supernaturally
        impressed upon the bodies of certain persons in imitation
        of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. See def. 5,
        above.

  stigmas
     French n.
     (plural of fr stigma)
     n.
     (plural of en stigma)

  stigmas
     n.
     (plural of en stigma)

  stigmas
     French n.
     (plural of fr stigma)
     n.
     (plural of en stigma)

  stigmas
     French n.
     (plural of fr stigma)
     n.
     (plural of en stigma)

  stigmas
     Englanti n.
     (en-monikko s tigma)

  stigmas
     n.
     (böjning sv subst stigma)

  stigmas
     n.
     (böjning sv subst stigma)

  Stigmas /stˈɪɡməz/
  وصمات العار

  stigmas /stˈɪɡməz/
  Brandmale , Schandmale 
   see: stigma
  

  stigmas /stˈɪɡməz/
  Makel , Stigmata , Stigmen 
     Synonym: taints
  
   see: stigma, taint, A stain clings to him.