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magi
/ˈmeɪˌd͡ʒaɪ/
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What does magi mean?
noun
- plural of mage
- plural of magus
- Initialism of modified adjusted gross income.
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proper noun
- Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).
- The three bright stars (Alnitak (ζ Ori), Alnilam (ε Ori), and Mintaka (δ Ori)) that form Orion's Belt in the Orion constellation.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmeɪˌd͡ʒaɪ/
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Now there are fine tales in the volumes of the Magi—in the iron-bound, melancholy volumes of the Magi.
They were sought after by the Magi, and the Indians gave them an honored place in their temples.
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There was another consideration which obviously dictated to the more thoughtful of the magi the propriety of burning Zadig out of hand.
It is unadulterated moonshine--as the Platonist and Berkeleyan and Hegelian and other orthodox collegiate metaphysical magi can prove to you in one minute.
Magic comes from the Latin "magi" and the Greek word "magos," which means wise, learned in the mysteries, and was the synonym of wisdom.