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MASTERY
mastery, subordination
(noun) the act of mastering or subordinating someone
command, control, mastery
(noun) great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; “a good command of French”
domination, mastery, supremacy
(noun) power to dominate or defeat; “mastery of the seas”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mastery (usually uncountable, plural masteries)
The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.
(obsolete) Contest for superiority.
(obsolete) A masterly operation; a feat.
(obsolete) The philosopher's stone.
The act or process of mastering; the state of having mastered; expertise.
Anagrams
• streamy
Source: Wiktionary
Mas"ter*y, n.; pl. Masteries. Etym: [OF. maistrie.]
1. The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority. If divided by mountains, they will fight for the mastery of the passages of the tops. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preëminence. The voice of them that shout for mastery. Ex. xxxii. 18. Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. 1 Cor. ix. 25. O, but to have gulled him Had been a mastery. B. Jonson.
3. Contest for superiority. [Obs.] Holland.
4. A masterly operation; a feat. [Obs.] I will do a maistrie ere I go. Chaucer.
5. Specifically, the philosopher's stone. [Obs.]
6. The act process of mastering; the state of having mastered. He could attain to a mastery in all languages. Tillotson. The learning and mastery of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties. Locke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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