magistery

American  

[maj-uh-ster-ee, -stuh-ree] / ˈmædʒ əˌstɛr i, -stə ri /

noun

plural

magisteries

1. an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to which faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.

2. Obsolete. mastership.

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magistery British  

/ -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

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Etymology

Origin of magistery

1490–1500; < Latin magisterium, equivalent to magister master + -ium -ium

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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Purgative magistery of tartar of Schroëder.

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"Generation," he says, ...is performed by parts selected from the generators, retaining in them the substance, forms, properties, and operations of the parts of the generators, from whence they were extracted: and this Quintessence or Magistery is called the seed.

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