Simon Magus

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noun

Simon (defs. 5, 6).

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Words nearby Simon Magus

Simon Boccanegra, simoniac, Simonides, simonize, Simon Legree, Simon Magus, Simonov, Simon Peter, simon-pure, Simon says, Simonson

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How to use Simon Magus in a sentence

In Psycho a psychiatrist (the young Simon Oakland) tells us in clinical terms what we've seen.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Those in the race—Senator Paul Simon, Rep. Dick Gephardt, Rev. Jesse Jackson—were far behind.
Want President Hillary? Then Primary Her|Jeff Greenfield|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The coup came just months after Simon revealed he had beaten throat cancer.
Drawing Room Coup at Brideshead House Forces Out Simon And Becci Howard|Tom Sykes|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Simon did not expect to inherit, and in a way he never really did.
Drawing Room Coup at Brideshead House Forces Out Simon And Becci Howard|Tom Sykes|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The story of Alstory Simon has all the scope and scale, the cruel reversals, and pointless waste of proper tragedy.
Wrongly Imprisoned for 15 Years Thanks to an Innocence Project|Jacob Siegel|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life propped up the house, and in his days fortified the temple.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
We have the cylinder and ends home from Polgooth, and my cousin Simon Vivian is making the tubes.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
Advancing on foot, the Scots planted their ladders unperceived and scaled the wall at the point where Simon was in charge.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Probably, it is just a piece of 'Folly'; yet in other things Simon Waterman had the reputation of being a sane, sensible man.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
Abramko had allowed himself to be compromised in the Polish insurrection and Magus was interested in saving him.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe

British Dictionary definitions for Simon Magus

Simon Magus

noun

New Testament a Samaritan sorcerer, probably from Gitta, of the 1st century ad After being converted to Christianity, he tried to buy miraculous powers from the apostles (Acts of the Apostles 8:9–24). He is also identified as the founder of a Gnostic sect

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