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magian

adjective

[L. magus.]

Pertaining to the Magi, a sect of philosophers in Persia.

magian

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.