myroblyte

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Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μυροβλύτης (muroblútēs, “myron-gushing”), from the ancient μῠ́ρ(ον) (múron) + -ο- (infix) + the Hellenistic verb βλύ(ζω) (blúzō) + -της (-tēs).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪɹəblaɪt/
  • Hyphenation: myr‧o‧blyte

Noun

myroblyte (plural myroblytes)

  1. A saint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints ("an aromatic liquid with healing properties"[2] or "holy water (very much like myrrh)"[3]) or the odour of sanctity.[4][5]
    • 2003, Wendy R. Larson, “Narrative Threads: the Pienza Cope's Embroidered Vitae and Their Ritual Setting”, in Studies in Iconography, volume 24:
      The final scene on the cope shows both Catherine's martyrdom and two angels carrying her body to Mt. Sinai, which would remind viewers that Catherine was a myroblyte; [...]
    • 2015, Haruko Nawata Ward, “Images of the Incarnation in the Jesuit Japan Mission's Kirishitanban Story of Virgin Martyr St. Catherine of Alexandria”, in Image and Incarnation: The Early Modern Doctrine of the Pictorial Image, Brill:
      This miracle signals that she has become a myroblyte, a healing saint.

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References

  1. ^ μυροβλύτης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ Kurian, George, Nelson, Thomas (2001) Nelson's Dictionary of Christianity‎
  3. ^ Wheeler, Joe (2010) Christian Encounters: Saint Nicholas‎, Thomas Nelson, page 54
  4. ^ “O que é o “odor de santidade”?”, in Aleteia Vaticano‎ (in Portuguese), 2013 August 14, archived from the original on 28 January 2020
  5. ^ Benoit, Jean-Louis (2012) “Autour de l’odeur de sainteté, les parfums dans le monde chrétien”, in IRIS‎ (in French), pages 55-89

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Pronunciation

Noun

myroblyte m or f by sense (plural myroblytes)

  1. myroblyte
    • 1975, La géographie ecclésiastique de l'empire byzantin, volume 1, Paris: Institut français d'études byzantines:
      Au pied, était aménagée une petite ouverture, soi-disant pour l’écoulement de l’eau, en réalité pour la sortie du myron, qui coulait également de la lampe et de l’icône de la sainte, une myroblyte, tout comme saint Dèmètrios.
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