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magi (ˈmeɪdʒaɪ
)
Definitions
plural noun
Word forms: singular magus (ˈmeɪɡəs
)
) - the Zoroastrian priests of the ancient Medes and Persians
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See the three magi
Derived Forms
magian (ˈmeɪdʒɪən
) adjectiveExample Sentences Including 'magus'
For Dunstan was a one-off, a considerable political unlikelihood, a maestro, a magus , of the possible.Misc (1999)
Is Jesson really a magus or a crude magician, a scholar or a puppetmaster?Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Mathers was also the author of a remarkable explanation of how Lytton's magus had worked his magic; cf.Yeats, Folklore, and Occultism: Contexts of the Early Work and Thought.
Prialt is synthetically made from a naturally occurring toxin from the marine snail Conus magus.canada.com (2004)
Prialt, which is marketed by Elan, the Irish firm, is a synthetic compound, identical to the toxin found in the Conus magus snail.Times, Sunday Times (2005)
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