单词 | myrrhophore |
释义 | myrrhophoren. Art. Each of the women, usually three in number, traditionally represented in art as carrying spices to the sepulchre of Christ (see Mark 16:1). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > other New Testament > [noun] innocentc1325 the Sevenc1384 Cananaean1585 kill-Christ1647 myrrhophore1848 1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art (1850) 218 The women who carry the spices and perfumes to the tomb of Jesus are called in Greek Art, the Myrrhophores. 1899 Reliquary Jan. 44 The three boxes containing the sweet spices prepared by the Myrrhophores to anoint our Saviour. 1974 Hall's Dict. Subjects & Symbols in Art (1984) 155 Of the companions of the Virgin Mary..who accompanied the body to the tomb, some five or six are named but..it is customary to depict three only, known as the Three Maries, or myrrhophores, bearers of myrrh. 1974 Hall's Dict. Subjects & Symbols in Art (1984) 318 A similar receptacle may be seen in the hands of each of the myrrhophores, the holy women at the sepulchre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848 |
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