English noun: Wise Men |
1. | Wise Men (group) (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them |
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| Synonyms | Magi |
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| Instance hypernym | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection |
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| Member holonym | Balthasar, Balthazar, Caspar, Gaspar, Melchior |
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| Domain category | New Testament |
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