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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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
Thoroughly consistent with absolutism was his scorn of republican magistracies and disregard of the rights of the Senate; likewise his attempt to have himself saluted as dominus or “lord.”
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
Their social organization is local, and they have a kind of local magistracies, hereditary in the male line.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
The higher magistracies were filled by election, and they were held almost exclusively by the members of the great Athenian families.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
The quinquennales, in framing the list, took first the members on the roll of the previous term, and then those who had been elected to magistracies since the last census.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
