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Mariamites (4 syl.)

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Worshippers of Mary, the mother of Jesus. They said the Trinity consisted of God the Father, God the Son, and Mary the mother of God.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Margaret or Marguerite (petite)
Margarine Substitute (A)
Margate (Kent)
Margherita di Valois
Margin
Margītēs
Marguerite des Marguerites [the pearl of pearls]
Margutte
Maria
Maria Theresa
Mariamites
Mariana
Marigold
Marina
Marinda or Maridah
Marine
Marines
Mariner’s Compass
Marino Faliero
Mariotte’s Law
Maritornes (Spanish, bad woman)