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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Away in the East Cyrus had been succeeded in 529 B.C. by Cambyses, who had annexed Egypt and on whose death in 522 a Magian impostor, Gaumata, had seized the throne.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
Had he not felt within his hand the soft, cool hand of Cleopatra, he would have believed himself transported into an enchanted world by some witch of Thessaly or Magian of Persia.
From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Th?ophile Gautier
If he has ears, be sure that he is the son of Cyrus, but if he has none he is Smerdis the Magian.'
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Max Duncker
Now I give my vote to you, Darius, and go straight from this consultation to the Magian.'
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Max Duncker
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 Max Duncker
He raised an army and put it under the command of Otanes, who, it will be recollected, was one of the seven conspirators that combined to dethrone Smerdis the magian.
From Darius the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
Three others of the number continued the unequal combat with the armed magian, while Darius and Gobryas rushed in pursuit of the other.
From Darius the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
What your illustrious magian has taught you, any poor, old, broken-down, heart-shrunken dandy might have lisped.
From The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
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 Jacob Abbott
If it was Smerdis the magian, she would find that he had none.
From Darius the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
