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myrrhbearers

myrrhbearers is the plural of myrrhbearer.

Meaning of myrrhbearer

Noun

myrrhbearer (plural myrrhbearers)

  1. (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) One of the people who, according to the New Testament, was directly involved in the burial of Jesus or the discovery of his empty tomb following his resurrection.
    • The refrains of the myrrhbearers give the sense of this service: By the tomb stood an angel radiant in light, and thus did he speak to the myrrh-bearing women:[…]1982, Sunday Morning: A Time for Worship, The Liturgical Press, →ISBN, pages 60–61

Questions about myrrhbearers

What is myrrhbearers the plural of?
Myrrhbearers is the plural of myrrhbearer.

Words near myrrhbearers in the dictionary

  1. Myrotvorets
  2. myrrh
  3. myrrh-bearing
  4. myrrha
  5. myrrhbearer
  6. myrrhbearers
  7. myrrhbearing
  8. myrrhe
  9. myrrhed
  10. Myrrhee
  11. myrrhic

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