Stĭg'mȧ-tȧ, n. pl.
Stĭg'mȧ-tȧ, n. pl. [Lat. stigma, Gr. στίγμα. See supra.]
Sense 1. (Physiol.) The external openings of the tracheæ of insects; the spiracles.
Sense 2. (Rom. Cath. Church.) Marks said to have been supernaturally impressed upon the bodies of certain persons, in imitation of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. The stigmata of St. Francis were much blazoned by his followers.