Meanings
nounmyroblyte (plural myroblytes)
plural myroblytes
- A saint whose relics or place of burial are said to have produced the Oil of Saints ("an aromatic liquid with healing properties" or "holy water (very much like myrrh)") or the odour of sanctity.
This miracle signals that she has become a myroblyte, a healing saint.
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, Brill1 more example
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; [...]
2003, Wendy R. Larson, “Narrative Threads: the Pienza Cope's Embroidered Vitae and Their Ritual Setting”, in Studies in Iconography, volume 24
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Medieval Greekμυροβλύτης“myron-gushing”
- Englishmyroblyte
From Medieval Greek μυροβλύτης (muroblútēs, “myron-gushing”), from the ancient μῠ́ρ(ον) (múron) + -ο- (infix) + the Hellenistic verb βλύ(ζω) (blúzō) + -της (-tēs).
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Bulgarian мироточи́в
- мироточи́в (mirotočív)saint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
Czech myrotočec, myrotočivý
- myrotočecsaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
- myrotočivýsaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
Danish myroblyt
- myroblytsaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
Dutch myrobliet
- myroblietsaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
Finnish mirhanvuodattaja
- mirhanvuodattajasaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
French myroblyte
- myroblytesaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
German Myroblyt, Myroblytin
- Myroblytsaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
- Myroblytinsaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
Greek μυροβλύτης, μυροβλύτισσα
- μυροβλύτης (myrovlýtis)saint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
- μυροβλύτισσα (myrovlýtissa)saint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
Italian miroblita
- miroblitasaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
Latin myroblyta
- myroblytasaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
Portuguese miroblita
- miroblitasaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
Romanian izvorâtor de mir, izvorâtoare de mir
- izvorâtor de mirsaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
- izvorâtoare de mirsaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
Russian мирото́чец, мироточи́вый
- мирото́чец (mirotóčec)saint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
- мироточи́вый (mirotočívyj)saint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
Slovak myrotočec, myrotočivý
- myrotočecsaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
- myrotočivýsaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
Spanish miroblita
- miroblitasaint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
Ukrainian мироточець
- мироточець (myrotočecʹ)saint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints or the odour of sanctity
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myroblyte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myroblyte
MLA
“myroblyte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myroblyte. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “myroblyte,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myroblyte.
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