Magi Definition

mājī
magus
noun
Members of a priestly caste of ancient Media and Persia.
Webster's New World
The learned astrologers from the East (in later tradition, three in number: Balthasar, Gaspar, and Melchior) who came bearing gifts to the infant Jesus: Matt. 2:1-13
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Plural form of mage.

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Plural form of magus.

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Synonyms:
  • wise-men
pronoun

(Christian Bible) The wise men that met the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and usaully named Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar).

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(astronomy) The three bright stars that form Orion's Belt.

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Magi Sentence Examples

  • Gold, with myrrh and frankincense were offered by the Persian Magi to the infant Jesus at his birth; and in Revelation viii.

  • The extent to which he was influenced by the Magi and the Eastern astrologists is a matter of pure conjecture.

  • Beside the grotto of the Nativity other traditional sites are shown within the church, such as the Altar of the Magi, the Tomb of Eusebius, the cave wherein Jerome made his translation of the Bible, &c.

  • Nicolas had a remarkably fine rood-loft erected in the 16th century by Jean Bertet and an Adoration of the Magi by Jordaens (1644).

  • The church of Notre-Dame contains a fine De Crayer (The Adoration of the Magi), Michelangelo's marble group of the Virgin and Child, and the fine monuments with gilded copper effigies of Charles the Bold and his daughter, Mary of Burgundy.

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