Magi
plural noun
null the Magi, in the Bible, the astrologers who paid homage to the young child Jesus, traditionally assumed to be three in number and to be named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior.
Magian
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a word derived from
Magi.
magian
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a word derived from
magi.
Magiplural nounnull the Magi, in the Bible, the astrologers who paid homage to the young child Jesus, traditionally assumed to be three in number and to be named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior.
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According to Herodotus, the Magian reigned more than seven months after the death of Cambyses, i. e. down to the spring of 521 B.C.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max
He caused the eunuchs of Tanyoxarkes and Labyzus, the chief of them, to be summoned, showed them the Magian thus attired, and said: Do you believe that this is Tanyoxarkes?
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max
The Magian whom I left behind as overseer of the palace and his brother Smerdis have obtained possession of the throne.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max
Ofttimes I plead my foolishness to Thee, My heart contracted with perplexity; I gird me with the Magian zone, and why?
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
Against this view of the account of Ctesias it may be urged that the Medes would take the side of the Magian more vigorously than that of Amytis, for the Magian was apparently a Mede.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max
He believed, he said, that the usurper was Smerdis the magian, whom he had left as one of the regents when he set out on his Egyptian campaign.
From Darius the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
Hurry to sell old magian Lamps for new, Though beauty's moonlike domes dissolve and pass: If all things change, ye would be changing too, Crazed hearts that know not your desire, alas!
From The Hours of Fiammetta A Sonnet Sequence by Taylor, Rachel Annand
Cambyses and his friends had been right in their conjectures that it was Smerdis the magian who had usurped the Persian throne.
From Darius the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
Think you we might find walls pictured by Merlin the magian if we but climb the steep?
From The Flute of the Gods by Ryan, Marah Ellis
Two rival powers the magian faith inspire, Primeval Darkness and immortal Fire; Evil and good in these contending rise, And each by turns the sovereign of the skies.
From The Columbiad by Barlow, Joel
