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magistery

[ maj-uh-ster-ee, -stuh-ree ]

noun

plural magisteries.
  1. an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to which faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.
  2. Obsolete. mastership.


magistery

/ -trɪ; ˈmædʒɪstərɪ /

noun

  1. an agency or substance, such as the philosopher's stone, believed to transmute other substances
  2. any substance capable of healing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of magistery1

1490–1500; < Latin magisterium, equivalent to magister master + -ium -ium
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Word History and Origins

Origin of magistery1

C16: from Medieval Latin magisterium, from Latin: mastery, from magister master
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Example Sentences

He answered, 'Their writings are only to be understood by the adepts, without whom no student can prepare this magistery.

Because of the threat of a new barbarism, it is all the more essential for Christianity to accept ''the supreme and infallible magistery which the Lord has personally reserved to Peter and his successor.

This precipitate constitutes the “magistery of bismuth” or “subnitrate of bismuth” of pharmacy, and under the name of pearl white, blanc d’Espagne or blanc de fard has long been used as a cosmetic.

The great poet has authority, magistery, masterdom, seated in his high spirit; and when he chooses to put forth his power, we bow before him, or stoop our heads from the descending bolt.

Purgative magistery of tartar of Schroëder.

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