Myrrh. FromMiddle English mirre , fromOld English myrre , fromLatin myrrha , fromAncient Greek μύρρα ( múrrha ) , fromSemitic . CompareArabic مُرّ ( murr ,“ myrrh ” , literally“ bitterness ” ) ,Hebrew מור / מֹר ( mōr ,“ myrrh ” , literally“ bitterness ” ) . Compareמרור :maror .
myrrh (usuallyuncountable ,plural myrrhs )
A red-brownresinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the speciesCommiphora myrrha , used as perfume, incense or medicine.1916 ,James Joyce ,Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man , Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page98 :The glories of Mary held his soul captive: spikenard andmyrrh 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 among men.
Synonym ofchrism .( Scotland ) The herbchervil .dried sap of the myrrha tree
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