magus
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- noun
- /ˈmeɪɡəs/
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mago
- In ancient times, a magus was often sought for guidance and wisdom.
- Simon Magus
Examples
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No time for riddles, magus.
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The Magus performed the incantation and purification, permitting the man to speak within the hearing of His Majesty.
Fiction book (1999) -
The king's magus has many responsibilities.
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When Simon Magus saw the miracles he offered Peter gold for God's powers.
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As he was about to leave, he asked, "Have you ever read a book called The Magus, by John Fowles?"
Academic text (2004) -
Rumors of a wandering magus...
Fiction book (1991) -
- I'm Merick, the king's magus.
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Good or evil, the would-be magus had to deploy the spirits that would make marvelous works possible.
Academic text (2002) -
The chef was a magus, a miracle-worker, and possibly an angel of the principality class.
Fiction book (1999) -
The magus practices an artistry analogous to that of the absolute ruler; his works are "the mirrors of his mind."
Academic text (1998)
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word magus comes from an old Persian word meaning 'priest' or 'wise man', and it is the same root that gave us English words like magic and mage. So a magus is remembered as a religious wise man who people also thought had special or magical powers.