Magism
(ˈmeɪdʒɪz(ə)m)
[f. L. mag-us + -ism.]
The beliefs, principles and practices of the Magi.
| 1844 W. Kay Fleury's Eccl. Hist. III. 232 note, This may be another trace of Magism: for Mithra had his ‘oblation of bread’. 1852 Badger Nestorians I. 331 The connection of some of their doctrines and rites with Sabianism and Magism. 1864 Pusey Lect. Daniel 539 It is then a mere myth, to speak of the relative purity of early Magism. |