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MAGISTERY
Noun
magistery (countable and uncountable, plural magisteries)
Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy.
A magisterial injunction.
(chemistry) A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions
Source: Wiktionary
Mag"is*ter*y, n. Etym: [L. magisterium the office of a chief, president, director, tutor. See Magistrate.]
1. Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy. [Obs.] Holland.
2. A magisterial injunction. [R.] Brougham.
3. (Chem.)
Definition: A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; -- applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions; as, magistery of bismuth. Ure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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