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单词 magistery
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magistery

[ maj-uh-ster-ee, -stuh-ree ]
/ ˈmædʒ əˌstɛr i, -stə ri /

noun, plural mag·is·ter·ies.

an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to which faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.
Obsolete. mastership.

Origin of magistery

1490–1500; <Latin magisterium, equivalent to magistermaster + -ium-ium

Words nearby magistery

Magindanao, Maginot, Maginot line, magisterial, magisterium, magistery, magistracy, magistral, magistral line, magistrate, magistrate's court
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Example sentences from the Web for magistery

  • He answered, 'Their writings are only to be understood by the adepts, without whom no student can prepare this magistery.

    The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.]|John Phin

British Dictionary definitions for magistery

magistery
/ (ˈmædʒɪstərɪ, -trɪ) /

noun plural -teries alchemy

an agency or substance, such as the philosopher's stone, believed to transmute other substances
any substance capable of healing

Word Origin for magistery

C16: from Medieval Latin magisterium, from Latin: mastery, from magister master
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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