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magistery n

(chiefly historical) (countable, alchemy, also figuratively) A pure quality with the power to cure or to turn one substance into another; also, a substance such as a philosopher's stone able to turn one substance into another. (obsolete) The product of such a transformation. (countable, chemistry) A fine substance deposited by precipitation, formerly applied to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions. (obsolete) A concentrated extract of a substance. (obsolete) (countable) An art or a skill. (countable) Synonym of magistracy (“the dignity or office of a magistrate; the collective body of magistrates”) (countable, pharmacology, veterinary medicine) A medicine prepared for a specific use. (uncountable) The quality possessed by a master; authority, mastership, mastery; also, the exercise of authority. (uncountable, Roman Catholicism) Synonym of magisterium (“the teaching authority or office of the Roman Catholic Church”)

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