magistery Meaning, Definition & Usage

Mag"is*ter*y noun

Etymology

L. magisterium the office of a chief, president, director, tutor. See Magistrate.

Definitions

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.