mastery
noun
command or grasp, as of a subject.
masteries
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pluralof mastery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And where were any masteries done, thereat would he be, and there might none cast bar nor stone to him by two yards.
From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by U. Waldo Cutler
"If a man strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully."
From Humanity in the City by E. H. (Edwin Hubbell) Chapin
And to shew their agility, they tried many masteries vpon the ropes of the ship after our mariners fashion, and appeared to be very strong of their armes, and nimble of their bodies.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. by Richard Hakluyt
Why, thou cowardly knave, no stronger than a duck, Barest thou try masteries with me a-pluck.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by William Carew Hazlitt
And to show their agility, they tried many masteries upon the ropes of the ship after our mariners' fashion, and appeared to be very strong of their arms and nimble of their bodies.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by John Rudd
