MAGISTERY


Meaning of MAGISTERY in English

/maj"euh ster'ee, -steuh ree/ , n. , pl. magisteries .

1. an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to which faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.

2. Obs. mastership.

[ 1490-1500; magisterium, equiv. to magister MASTER + -ium -IUM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .