unmagistrate

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ magistrate.

Verb

unmagistrate (third-person singular simple present unmagistrates, present participle unmagistrating, simple past and past participle unmagistrated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To strip of the office or authority of magistrate.
   • 1649, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], published 1649 (2nd printing), →OCLC:

     [the government] might, if they saw cause , take all power , authority , and the sword out of his hand , which in effect is to unmagistrate him

References

• “unmagistrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.