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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