Magianismn.
/ˈmeɪdʒɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmeɪdʒəˌnɪzəm/ Now rare.
The doctrine of the magi (magus n. 2a).
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1716 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected I. iv. 217 His [sc. Zoroaster's] Reformation of Magianism.
1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 49 233 Some..were so deeply tainted..with mysticism and Magianism, as to retain but little trace of the primitive doctrines of Islam.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel vi. 325 He had the..prejudice, that the Bible was indebted to Magianism for the belief in the life to come.
1880 Huxley in 19th Cent. June 932 His mode of divination was fraught with danger to magianism in general.
1999 Islamic Voice Apr. 22 Parsi religion or Magianism was established in Persia in ancient times by Prophet Zoroaster.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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