deipara
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role giving birth to God.
Example Sentences
- "It is then an integral portion of the Faith fixed by Ecumenical Council, a portion of it which you hold as well as I, that the Blessed Virgin is Theotocos, Deipara, or Mother of God; and this word, when thus used, carries with it no admixture of rhetoric, no taint of extravagant affection,—it has nothing else but a well-weighed, grave, dogmatic sense […]"
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Deipara, from Deus (“god”) + pariō (“to bear [offspring]”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives), calque of Koine Greek Θεοτόκος (Theotókos, “birth-giver of God”).
Word Breakdown
Synonyms
Mother of God
Theotokos
Mary
mother of Jesus
in particular reference to her role giving birth to God