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Wise Men of the East

(Encyclopedia)Wise Men of the East, Magi, or Three Kings, men who came from the East to adore the newborn Jesus. Mat. 2. They were the first to tell Herod of the birth. A star (the Star of Bethlehem) had been a si...

Seven Wise Men of Greece

(Encyclopedia)Seven Wise Men of Greece, list of men drawn from among the outstanding politicians and political philosophers of ancient Greece. Although such listings differed widely, a usual one included Bias, Chil...

Frederick the Wise

(Encyclopedia)Frederick the Wise: see Frederick III, elector of Saxony. ...

Gaspar

(Encyclopedia)Gaspar: see Wise Men of the East. ...

Caspar

(Encyclopedia)Caspar: see Wise Men of the East. ...

Three Kings

(Encyclopedia)Three Kings: see Wise Men of the East. ...

Melchior

(Encyclopedia)Melchior mĕlˈkēôr [key]: see Wise Men of the East. ...

Balthazar

(Encyclopedia)Balthazar bălthāˈzər [key]: see Wise Men of the East. ...

Magi

(Encyclopedia)Magi māˈjī [key], priestly caste of ancient Persia. Probably Median in origin, they were, according to Herodotus, a tribe rather than a priestly family. Zoroaster is thought to have been a Magus. S...

Wise, John

(Encyclopedia)Wise, John, 1652–1725, American clergyman, exponent of the democratic principles of modern Congregationalism, b. Roxbury, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1673. He was pastor at Ipswich, Mass., from 1680 until...