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CASPAR

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• CASPAR (noun)
The noun CASPAR has 1 sense:

1. (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus

Familiarity information: CASPAR used as a noun is very rare.

• CASPAR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Caspar; Gaspar

Instance hypernyms:

sage (a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom)

Domain category:

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)

Holonyms ("Caspar" is a member of...):

Magi; Wise Men ((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)

"He who hesitates is lost."
(English proverb)
"From whence comes the word, comes the soul."
(Albanian proverb)
"Envy is a weight not placed by its bearer."
(Arabic proverb)
"God's mills mill slowly, but surely."
(Czech proverb)

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