Sentences with 'magi'
Example sentences and phrases with the word magi and other words derived from it.
• « Actually, the number of magi is unknown. It has been estimated that there were between two and 12, although early Christian writers set their number at three, for three were the gifts they brought: gold, frankincense and myrrh. »
• « The kings patronised the Zoroastrian temples and expanded the faith at least in part because the faith supported them: the magi, or priests, preached for the continued power and expansion of the empire. »
• « A powerful institutional relationship emerged between the rulers and the magi (the Zoroastrian priesthood) in which Sassanid rule was justified by the direct and unequivocal support of the religious power structure. »