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
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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
Sonata No. 7, Opus 64; Sonata No. 8, Opus 66; Sonata No. 9, Opus 68; and Sonata No. 10, Opus 70; are perhaps the most magistral.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
With this his magistral work a new chapter of music commences, the spiritualization of the new body of man is manifest.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
In the quartet, his magistral work, the Hebraic element is only one of several.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
The rhythmic element, already fresh and free in the scherzo of "L'Oiseau de feu" and throughout "Petruchka," attains virile and magistral might in it, surges and thunders with giant vigor.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
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