noun
(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
• Syn: ↑Magi
• Topics: ↑New Testament
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑collection, ↑aggregation, ↑accumulation, ↑assemblage
Useful english dictionary. 2012.