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Webster 1913 Edition

Magian

Ma′gi-an

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Adj.
Of or pertaining to the Magi.

Ma′gi-an

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Noun.
One of the Magi, or priests of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia; an adherent of the Zoroastrian religion.
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Ma′gi-an-ism
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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Magian

MA'GIAN

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Adj.
[L. magus.] Pertaining to the Magi, a sect of philosophers in Persia.

MA'GIAN

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Noun.
One of the sect of the Persian Magi, who hold that there are two principles, one that cause of good, the other of evil. The knowledge of these philosophers was deemed by the vulgar to be supernatural.

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