Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
Magus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural A caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among the ancient Persians; hence, any holy men or sages of the East.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Christian Bible The wise men that met the baby Jesus at the
Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number). - proper noun astronomy The three bright
stars that formOrion's Belt .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
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Examples
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The novel, set against a present-day backdrop in which a group of secret magi have been fighting a hidden war against the Faerie Courts for hundred of years, starts with the discovery of a Merlin here a title representing a supremely powerful magician who can change the course of the ongoing war -- Arthur's Ambrose was merely one of the line, and the attempts by the Magi and two Faerie Courts to woo her.
The truly amazing thing about McKinney's loss last night yendi 2006
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File: Adoration of magi. jpg | Adoration of the Magi.
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The practice of Zoroastrianism regarding the use of astrological sciences caused derivatives of the term Magi to be applied to the occult in general and led to the English term magic.
unknown title 2009
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The term Magi is a title for the priestly caste of Zoroastrianism, which is quite possibly the oldest of the creedal religions.
unknown title 2009
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The practice of Zoroastrianism regarding the use of astrological sciences caused derivatives of the term Magi to be applied to the occult in general and led to the English term magic.
unknown title 2009
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The term Magi is a title for the priestly caste of Zoroastrianism, which is quite possibly the oldest of the creedal religions.
unknown title 2009
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The practice of Zoroastrianism regarding the use of astrological sciences caused derivatives of the term Magi to be applied to the occult in general and led to the English term magic.
unknown title 2009
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The term Magi is a title for the priestly caste of Zoroastrianism, which is quite possibly the oldest of the creedal religions.
unknown title 2009
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The term Magi is a title for the priestly caste of Zoroastrianism, which is quite possibly the oldest of the creedal religions.
unknown title 2009
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The practice of Zoroastrianism regarding the use of astrological sciences caused derivatives of the term Magi to be applied to the occult in general and led to the English term magic.
unknown title 2009
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