Magus

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  • noun. A member of the Zoroastrian priestly caste of the Medes and Persians.
  • noun. In the New Testament, one of the wise men from the East, traditionally held to be three, who traveled to Bethlehem to pay homage to the infant Jesus.
  • noun. A sorcerer; a magician.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One of the members of the learned and priestly caste in ancient Persia, who had official charge of the sacred rites, practised interpretation of dreams, professed supernatural arts, and were distinguished by peculiarities of dress and insignia.
  • noun. In Christian history, one of the “wise men” who, according to the Gospel of Matthew (ii. 1, 2), came from the East to Jerusalem to do homage to the new-born King of the Jews.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. a magician or sorcerer of ancient times.
  • noun. a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan
  • noun. a Zoroastrian priest
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a magician or sorcerer of ancient times
  • noun. a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians
  • Word Usage
    "Your so-called magus, Dee, or perhaps it was the one you call your Spirit, both pretending knowledge of matters far beyond their ken?"
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