Stigmat vs Stigmata - What's the difference?
stigmat | stigmata |
(stigma)
As a noun stigmat
is or stigmat can be (photography) a (l) lens or combination of.As a proper noun stigmata is
(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.stigmat
English
Etymology 1
An adaptation of the long stem (. Compare stigmatal, stigmate, stigmatypy, and stigme.Etymology 2
Probably a back-formation from stigmatic. Compare anastigmat.References
* (1st ed.) IX:i (1919),page 955----
