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mortification

[mawr-tuh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌmɔr tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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“The Mortification of Fovea Munson” at The Kennedy Center, we were in the pandemic line waiting for our moment, and then we finally got it.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023

And for the Kennedy Center in Washington, she is turning her first middle-grade novel, “The Mortification of Fovea Munson,” into a musical.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2021

About 30,000 people now subscribe to The Mortification of Spin on iTunes.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2014

Mortification, an ancient Catholic tradition, was well known in Spam when Opus Dei was born.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mortification got the better of prudence, and I felt that I would rather fight every day and all day long than not be thought worth fighting with.

From Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain by Maitland, Julia Charlotte




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