mastery
noun
command or grasp, as of a subject.
masteries
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pluralof mastery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"If a man strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully."
From Humanity in the City by E. H. (Edwin Hubbell) Chapin
To masteries of another order the saint has never been disinclined.
From Lady Rose's Daughter by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Stars lit new pages for him; seas Revealed the depths their waves were screening; The ebbs gave up their masteries, The tidal flows confessed their meaning.
From Literary Hearthstones of Dixie by La Salle Corbell Pickett
"Had I known what masteries you would use in my church," he said, "I had kept you from coming there."
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall
But this is but to try masteries with fortune.
From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon
