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Myrʹrophores (3 syl.; the myrrh bearers)

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The three Marys who went to see the sepulchre, bearing myrrh and spices. In Christian art they are represented as carrying vases of myrrh in their hands.

 

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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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Myrra
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Mysteries
Mysterious Three (The)
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