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magistery
mag·is·ter·y
/
ˈmædʒ
əˌstɛr
i, -stə
ri
/
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[
maj
-
uh
-ster-ee, -st
uh
-ree
]
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noun,
plural
mag·is·ter·ies.
1.
an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to
which
faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.
2.
Obsolete
,
mastership
.
Origin:
1490–1500;
<
Latin
magisterium,
equivalent to
magister
master
+
-ium
-ium
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magistery
(ˈmædʒɪstərɪ, -trɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-teries
1.
an agency or substance, such as the philosopher's stone, believed to transmute other substances
2.
any substance capable of healing
[C16: from Medieval Latin
magisterium,
from Latin: mastery, from
magister
master]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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