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myrrhe

myrrhe is the obsolete spelling of myrrh.

Meaning of myrrh

Noun

myrrh (usually uncountable, plural myrrhs)

  1. (usually) A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the genus Commiphora, especially Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.
    • The glories of Mary held his soul captive: spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus...1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 98
    Synonyms:
    Somali myrrhor
  2. (usually) Synonym of chrism.
    Synonyms:
    chrism
  3. (Scotland, usually) The herb chervil.

Forms of myrrhe

pluralmyrrhes

Questions about myrrhe

What is myrrhe the obsolete spelling of?
Myrrhe is the obsolete spelling of myrrh.

Words near myrrhe in the dictionary

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

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