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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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
Mr. S. Lane-Poole has contracted to "do" a life of Lord Stratford, and, ergo, he condemns me in magistral tone and a style of uncalled-for impertinence, to act as his "advt."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
"If I discover the magistral force, I shall be able to create."
From The Alkahest by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
Compounding that assay and calcination with magistral, nothing was obtained.
In the quartet, his magistral work, the Hebraic element is only one of several.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
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