wise men

Noun
  1. (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 (synset 108503548)
    referred to in: new testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
    is an instance of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
    member holonym:
    • balthasar, balthazar - (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus
    • caspar, gaspar - (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus
    • melchior - (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus; usually represented as a king of Nubia
    same as: magi

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