单词 | magus |
释义 | magus (once / 10884 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY magus: magi, maguses USAGE EXAMPLESPerhaps no biography should be written: perhaps this magus should be allowed to vanish from the scene—affable, implacable, unknowable. ♦ The New Yorker(Jan 25, 2016) Their gifts recalled the gifts of the three wise men, the magi, given on the first Christmas to the newborn king of the Jews. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2015) But there are revisionist scholars who question the role of scientists as magi. The New Yorker(Nov 30, 2015) 1 n a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians 2Hyper non-Christian priest, priest a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion n a magician or sorcerer of ancient times Hyper magician, necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, wizard one who practices magic or sorcery |
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