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Noun
spikenard
- a perfumed ointment
- the plant from which the ointment comes
Quotations
#:*While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. (Song of Solomon 1:12, KJV)
#:*A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices (Song of Solomon 4:12-14, KJV)
#:*1916: The glories of Mary held his soul captive : spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men. - w:James Joyce|James Joyce, ''w:Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man|Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, 98)
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