A chief magician or high priest of magic; sometimes used in historical or literary contexts for a supreme sorcerer.
Possibly from archi- (chief) + mago (magician, from Latin magus). This form may reflect Latin or Romance language influences on the 'archimage' concept.
In Spenser's 'Faerie Queene,' Archimago is the chief villain-magician—showing how Renaissance poets used 'archi-' terms to signal that a character was the supreme, most dangerous version of their type.
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