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Magister vs Magus - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between magister and magus

is that magister is master; sir: -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts while magus is (common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan.

magister

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Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia magister)
  • Master; sir: -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
  • The possessor of a master's degree.

    • Related terms

    * master's degree * master * mister

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    magus

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    Noun

    (magi)
  • (common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan
  • (special usage) a Zoroastrian priest
    • : Note : the two meanings overlap in classical usage— both derive from the Greco-Roman identification of "Zoroaster" as the "inventor" of astrology and magic. The first meaning ('magician') derives from the sense of "practitioner of the Zoroaster's craft", and the second meaning ('priest') from the sense of "practitioner of Zoroaster's religion".

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