Magian definition

One of the Magi, or priests of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia.
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An adherent of the Zoroastrian religion.
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Of or relating to the Magi.
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Noun

Singular:
magian
Plural:
magians

Magian Sentence Examples

  • Away in the East Cyrus had been succeeded in 529 B.C. by Cambyses, who had annexed Egypt and on whose death in 522 a Magian impostor, Gaumata, had seized the throne.

  • The real name of the usurper was, as Darius tells us, Gaumata, a Magian priest from Media; this name has been preserved by Justin i.

  • He gives a faithful sketch of the doctrines, mythology and dualistic system of the Magian Zoroaster.

  • But, whatever may have been his date, he was their teacher and instructor in the Magian religion, modified their former religious customs, and introduced a variegated and composite belief."

  • Darius, in fact, entered Babylon as a conqueror; after the murder of the Magian it had recovered its independence under Nidinta-Bel, who took the name of Nebuchadrezzar III., and reigned from October 521 B.C. to August 520 B.C., when the Persians took it by storm.

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