archimage

[ ahr-kuh-meyj ]

noun

1. a great magician.

archimage

/ ˈɑːkɪˌmeɪdʒ /

noun

1. a great magician or wizard

Word History and Origins

Origin of archimage¹

First recorded in 1545–55; archi- + mage

Word History and Origins

Origin of archimage¹

C16: from archi- + mage, from Latin magus magician

Example Sentences

We are now arrived at an association remarkable in itself, but which has been, by the magic arts of romancers, especially of the great archimage of the north, enveloped in darkness, mystery, and awe, far beyond the degree in which such a poetical investiture can be bestowed upon it by the calm inquirer after truth.

From Project Gutenberg

Archimage, �r′ki-māj, n. a chief magician or enchanter.

From Project Gutenberg

The Pamphleteering Archimage, we can perceive, has rather a splenetic love than a downright hatred to real Florimels—if indeed they had been so christened—or had even a pretention to play at bob cherry with Barbara Lewthwaite: but he has a fixed aversion to those three rhyming Graces Alice Fell, Susan Gale and Betty Foy; and now at length especially to Peter Bell—fit Apollo.

From Project Gutenberg

I shall cure thy archimage just as I healed thy wife in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ and by the strength of His honest cross.

From Project Gutenberg

David Belasco, occult archimage of the theatre, has muttered incantations over an ancient artifice and whisked away the curtain cloth to disclose it as a new play of absorbing intensity.

From Time Magazine Archive