archimage

plural archimages

1. alternativearchaicAlternative form of archmage.

   The learned Marsilio Ficino translated Plotinus, that great archimage of platonic mysticism.

   1881, Isaac D'Israeli, Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)

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   He felt, for a moment, as the daring archimage whose spells, too potent for their master's safety, have evoked and unchained a spirit that defies their guidance.

   1853, Henry William Herbert, The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2)

   The secrets of the old archimage are known today only to the initiated, and they discourage all attempts to spread their fame, for certain very definite reasons.

   1935, Robert Bloch, The Shambler from the Stars