magistral
Americanadjective
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Pharmacology. prescribed or prepared for a particular occasion, as a remedy.
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Fortification. principal; main.
noun
adjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of a master
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obsolete pharmacol made up according to a special prescription Compare officinal
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fortifications determining the location of other fortifications
the magistral line
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of magistral
1565–75; < Latin magistrālis of a master, equivalent to magist ( e ) r master + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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He had the honor and glory of introducing into Holland the "procede magistral" of Rubens and his school.
From Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders by Edwards, George Wharton
In itself it can hardly be termed a magistral work, inasmuch as all the theories enunciated in it are, at least, twenty years old, and appear to us to-day quite worn out and decrepit.
From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous
The line of the escarp is called the magistral line since it regulates the trace.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
A little calcined iron pyrites, called magistral, is also added.
From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Bulfinch, Thomas
He has matured, become virile and even magistral.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
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