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masteries

  • plural
    of mastery.
    mastery
    noun
    command or grasp, as of a subject.

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To employ the language of the text, by these he strives for masteries; but he does not strive lawfully, and so he is not crowned.

From Humanity in the City by E. H. (Edwin Hubbell) Chapin

Every man that proveth masteries abstaineth from all things.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

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

"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