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Mastery

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mas⋅ter⋅y

  [mas-tuh-ree, mah-stuh-]
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–noun, plural -ter⋅ies for 1-4.
1. command or grasp, as of a subject: a mastery of Italian.
2. superiority or victory: mastery over one's enemies.
3. the act of mastering.
4. expert skill or knowledge.
5. the state of being master; power of command or control.
Origin:
1175–1225; master + -y 3 ; r. ME maistrie < OF
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mas·ter·y   (mās'tə-rē)   
n.   pl. mas·ter·ies
  1. Possession of consummate skill.
  2. The status of master or ruler; control: mastery of the seas.
  3. Full command of a subject of study: Her mastery of economic theory impressed the professors.
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Mastery

Mas"ter*y\, n.; pl. Masteries. [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; pre["e]minence.

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.
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Language Translation for : Mastery
Spanish: dominio,
German: die Herrschaft,
Japanese: 支配
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