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Definition of Magus
1. Noun. A magician or sorcerer of ancient times.
2. Noun. A member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians.
Definition of Magus
1. Noun. (common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan ¹
2. Noun. (special usage) a Zoroastrian priest ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Magus
1. a magician [n -GI] - See also: magician
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magus
Literary usage of Magus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1849)
"Simon magus was their Christ, or at least a form of manifestation of the redeeming
Christ, who had manifested himself also in Jesus ; — whether it was that ..."
2. Herodotus by Herodotus (1828)
"This latter seized the magus round the waist; but as this happened in the dark,
... Darius instantly complied, and ran his sword through the magus. I,XXIX. ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"His Sys- Here Simon magus appears in an essen- tem Accord- tially Gnostic garb,
... Simon magus is here described as a necromancer driven by Peter from ..."
4. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1852)
"I have already pointed at this, but now I magus and his crew. Theodoret says that
the followers of Simon brought in the worship of images, viz., ..."
5. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"Crude venom from Conus magus was extracted, centrifuged, ... Thus, although final
purification has not yet been achieved, the Conus magus fraction appears ..."
6. Manual of Universal Church History by Johannes Baptist Alzog, Francis Joseph Pabisch, Thomas Sebastian Byrne (1889)
"... it is sufficient to mention 'lie names of Dositheus, Simon magus, and Menander.
Simon magus, a native of Gitton, a village in Samaria, ..."
7. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1897)
"There are millions of Christians who know the name of Simon magus. ... Yet he is
a historical character, and the appellation of " magus " was given to him ..."
8. The History of the Christian Religion and Church During the Three First by August Neander, Henry John Rose (1844)
"Simon magus was their Christ, or at least a form ass'imed by the redeeming spirit
which had appeared also in Christ, whether it was that in their first j ..."
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