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wise men is a noun meaning "(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". It carries one recorded sense.
(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
New Testament
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for wise men come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.