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myroblyte

Syllables: myr·o·blyte/ˈmɪɹəblaɪt/

myroblyte noun: a saint whose relics or place of burial are said to have produced the Oil of Saints ("an aromatic liquid with healing properties" or "holy water (very much like myrrh)") or the odour of sanctity.

Noun

myroblyte (plural myroblytes)

  1. A saint whose relics or place of burial are said to have produced the Oil of Saints ("an aromatic liquid with healing properties" or "holy water (very much like myrrh)") or the odour of sanctity.
    • The final scene on the cope shows both Catherine's martyrdom and two angels carrying her body to Mt. Sinai, which would remind viewers that Catherine was a myroblyte; [...]2003, Wendy R. Larson, “Narrative Threads: the Pienza Cope's Embroidered Vitae and Their Ritual Setting”, in Studies in Iconography, volume 24
    • This miracle signals that she has become a myroblyte, a healing saint.2015, Haruko Nawata Ward, “Images of the Incarnation in the Jesuit Japan Mission's Kirishitanban Story of Virgin Martyr St. Catherine of Alexandria”, in Image and Incarnation: The Early Modern...

Forms of myroblyte

pluralmyroblytes

Origin of myroblyte

From Byzantine Greek μυροβλύτης (muroblútēs, “myron-gushing”), from the ancient μῠ́ρ(ον) (múron) + -ο- (infix) + the Hellenistic verb βλύ(ζω) (blúzō) + -της (-tēs).

Words formed from myroblyte

Questions about myroblyte

What does myroblyte mean?
Myroblyte means a saint whose relics or place of burial are said to have produced the Oil of Saints ("an aromatic liquid with healing properties" or "holy water (very much like myrrh)") or the odour of sanctity.
What part of speech is myroblyte?
Myroblyte is a noun.
How do you pronounce myroblyte?
Myroblyte is pronounced /ˈmɪɹəblaɪt/.
What is the plural of myroblyte?
The plural of myroblyte is myroblytes.

Words near myroblyte in the dictionary

  1. myrobalun
  2. myrobaluns
  3. myrobella plum
  4. myrobella plums
  5. myroblytai
  6. myroblyte
  7. myroblytes
  8. myroblytic
  9. myrobolan
  10. myrobolane
  11. myrobolanes

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