archimage

[ ahr-kuh-meyj ]

noun
  1. a great magician.

Origin of archimage

1
First recorded in 1545–55; archi- + mage

Words Nearby archimage

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How to use archimage in a sentence

  • So runs the chronicle; and thus Mr. Burne-Jones, the ‘archimage of the esoteric unreal,’ treats the subject.

    Miscellanies | Oscar Wilde
  • The learned Marsilio Ficino translated Plotinus, that great archimage of platonic mysticism.

  • Fear not for me, nor think that this our age, Blind though it be, hath yet no archimage.

    The Bon Gaultier Ballads | William Edmonstoune Aytoun

British Dictionary definitions for archimage

archimage

/ (ˈɑːkɪˌmeɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. a great magician or wizard

Origin of archimage

1
C16: from archi- + mage, from Latin magus magician

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