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An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate.

omething in those half-seen features, -- a charm in the very shadow that hung over their imagined beauty, -- which took me more than all the outshining loveliness of her companions. Moore.

A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order t…

; having the properties of a talisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence; magical.

A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers of Sakti. -- Tan"tric (-trik), a.

A kind of amulet or magical charm. [Obs.] J. Gregory.

Of or pertaining to telesms; magical. J. Gregory.

Images connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers. Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.).

to; to name; to call; to denominate. Men term what is beyond the limits of the universe "imaginary space." Locke.

An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false god. He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous. [Obs.] Chaucer. "And oftentimes by Termagant and Mahound [Mahomet] swore." Spenser. The lesser part on Christ believed well, O…

A magician; a wonder worker. Lowell.

Of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful. Burton.

Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.

The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain. T. Warton.

Of or pertaining to theurgy; magical. Theurgic hymns, songs of incantation.

A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.

To conceive; to imagine. Charity . . . thinketh no evil. 1 Cor. xiii. 4,5.

The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment. I heard a bird so sing, Whose music, to my thinking, pleased the king. Shak.

A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium.

ætexta. Etym: [L.], a toga with a broad purple border, worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and by persons engaged in sacred rites. -- Toga virilis Etym: [L.], the manly gown; the common toga. This was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing their fourteenth year.