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Archimage

Archimage \Ar"chi*mage\, ||Archimagus \Ar`chi*ma"gus\, n. [NL.; pref. archi- + L. magus, Gr. ?, a Magian.]

  1. The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.

  2. A great magician, wizard, or enchanter.
    --Spenser.

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archimage

n. (context now rare English) A powerful wizard.

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Archimage

Archimage is a Houston-based visual arts studio that has used its experience in computer-based architecture to specialize in Serious Video Game development for the medial research community. Archimage created Escape From Diab and Nanoswarm: Invasion from Inner Space, two multimillion-dollar PC games funded by the National Institutes of Health to combat obesity and type 2 diabetes in children.

Usage examples of "archimage".

Lingering monsoons had flooded the lowlands of the Peninsula and piled the snowdrifts high round about the Tower of the Archimage on the southern slope of Mount Brom.

But he had not yet delivered his portentous message, and so he begged the phantoms to wait for him only a little while, until he fulfilled this last mission and informed the Archimage of the great danger.

The legendary Archimage he sought was an ancient, the protector and guardian of the Mountain Folk from the days of the Vanished Ones.

I am the Archimage Haramis, the White Lady of this age, and I confess to you that I am yet a novice in using the powers of my great office, which I have held for only twelve years.

In contrast to the austere white dress of the Archimage, the newcomer was magnificently attired in gauzy but voluminous robes of a rich crimson color, and she wore a golden collar and bracelets all studded with multicolored gem-stones.

She carried a crystal cup of some steaming dark liquor, and at the command of the Archimage administered it to him.

In days long gone, when the Mountain Folk were sore perplexed, they sought counsel of the Archimage, the White Lady, she who is the guardian and protector of all Folk.

It was among those that I found in the ruins of Noth, where the Archimage Binah dwelt for so long.

Perhaps Portolanus was only some upstart magician who had come upon the secret cache of the Archimage by accident.

In time, my sister the Archimage will discover what has happened, even though I can no longer call her.

This bad news, following upon her hearing from the Archimage that her sister Kadiya had lost her talisman, has filled my beloved wife with foreboding.

What had possessed the Archimage Binah to think that they were worthy to carry instruments of profound magical power?

The Archimage Binah had lived to an incredible age and wielded great magic even without a talisman, but she had left no manual of magecraft for her successor.

It seemed obvious now that the Archimage Binah had not used the Kimilon as a depository after all.

Shiki was so overawed by the Archimage that he hardly dared to speak to her.