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Meanings of Magi in inglês
(New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them.
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The keynote sounded in the story of the Magi dominates the whole.
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The Magi were made to form the great council of the nation.
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But the Magi did not belong to the kingdom of the Jews.
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We looked at the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Magi, and the Resurrection.
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The visiting Magi probably came from Babylon or Mesopotamia in present-day Iraq.
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I can read his features as the Magi read the sacred books.
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Religion of the Hermetics that of the Magi and ancient Initiates, 774-l.
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The subjects selected are a Nativity, and an Adoration of the Magi.
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But in public secular affairs they seem to be recognised as Magi.
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There were Adam and Eve, and Cain slaying Abel, and the Magi.
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The Magi were a priest-caste, apparently holding their office by hereditary succession.
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Wake, Otanes, wake, the Magi are singing the morning hymn to Mithras.
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The star that led the Magi to Bethlehem was a divine invitation.
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The same region where Saint Thomas would eventually baptize the Three Magi.
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In most instances they were an hereditary caste, Druids, Brahmans, or Magi.
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Their priests were called Magi, and their faith was therefore termed Magian.
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