Dict: easton - Magdalene

easton:

Magdalene @ a surname derived from Magdala, the place of her nativity, given to one of the Marys of the Gospels to distinguish her from the other Marys kjv@Matthew:27:56 kjv@Matthew:27:61 kjv@Matthew:28:1, etc.). A mistaken notion has prevailed that this Mary was a woman of bad character, that she was the woman who is emphatically called "a sinner" kjv@Luke:7:36-50). (
See MARY.)