magistracy
noun
the office or function of a magistrate.
magistracies
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pluralof magistracy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Among them were the two consuls and selected representatives of each of the other great magistracies of Rome.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
After their admission to the consulship the plebeians were eligible to all the other magistracies.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
In her system, he says, she assigns to devout women spiritual functions, dignities, and even magistracies.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
In the lists of those who successively fill the great curule magistracies, we find almost exclusively the names of members of the old patrician or of the more recent plebeian nobility.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
The holders of the great republican magistracies are mere creatures of the prince and obedient ministers of his power.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
