Magarita, Magarites

Magarita, Magarites

names given by some writers of the Middle Ages to the apostates from Christianity, especially to such as became Mohammedans. The origin of the name is unknown. See Du Cange, s.v.: Herzog, Real-Encyklopadie, 8:661.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature