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