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magistery


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Magistery  \Mag"is*ter*y\,  n.  [L.  magisterium  the  office  of  a 
  chief,  president,  director,  tutor.  See  {Magistrate}.] 
  1.  Mastery;  powerful  medical  influence;  renowned  efficacy;  a 
  sovereign  remedy.  [Obs.]  --Holland. 
 
  2.  A  magisterial  injunction.  [R.]  --Brougham. 
 
  3.  (Chem.)  A  precipitate;  a  fine  substance  deposited  by 
  precipitation;  --  applied  in  old  chemistry  to  certain 
  white  precipitates  from  metallic  solutions;  as  magistery 
  of  bismuth.  --Ure.