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Ma⋅gi

  [mey-jahy]
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–plural noun, singular -gus  [-guhs]
1. (sometimes lowercase) the wise men, generally assumed to be three in number, who paid homage to the infant Jesus. Matt. 2:1–12. Compare Balthazar (def. 1), Caspar (def. 1), Melchior (def. 1).
2. (sometimes lowercase) the class of Zoroastrian priests in ancient Media and Persia, reputed to possess supernatural powers.
3. (lowercase) astrologers.
Origin:
see Magus

Related forms:
Ma⋅gi⋅an  [mey-jee-uhn] , adjective
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ma·gus   (mā'gəs)   
n.   pl. ma·gi (mā'jī')

  1. A member of the Zoroastrian priestly caste of the Medes and Persians.

  2. Magus 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.

  3. A sorcerer; a magician.


[From Middle English magi, magi, from Latin magī, pl. of magus, sorcerer, magus, from Greek magos, from Old Persian maguš; see magh- in Indo-European roots.]
ma'gi·an (mā'jē-ən) adj.
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