Myrʹrophores (3 syl.; the myrrh bearers)
. 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.