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English noun: Magi

1. Magi (group) (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


SynonymsWise Men


Instance hypernymaccumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection


Member holonymBalthasar, Balthazar, Caspar, Gaspar, Melchior


Domain categoryNew Testament









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