волхв — meaning in English
volkhv
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English meaning
- mage noun A magician, wizard, or sorcerer, especially in fantasy fiction and games.
- Magi noun The wise men from the East, traditionally three, said to have visited the infant Jesus bearing gifts.
- magus noun A magician or sorcerer, sometimes used disapprovingly to mean a fraud or trickster.
- shaman noun A person believed to act as a go-between between the human and spirit worlds, often serving as a healer within their community.
Senses
волхв is used for these senses in English:
- Magi (Christianity) Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).
- high priest (religion) A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest.
- mage (chiefly, fantasy) A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
- magus A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.
- shaman A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer.