magistery

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magistery

/ˈmæd͡ʒɪstəɹi/ UK
/ˈmæd͡ʒɪstɹi/ UK
/ˈmæd͡ʒəˌstəɹi/ US

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*méǵh₂s

From Middle English magisteri, magistery (“academic degree of Master”), from Latin magisterium (“office of a chief, director, president, or superintendent; teaching office or authority of the Roman Catholic Church; authoritative statement”) (compare Late Latin magisterium (“philosopher’s stone”)), from magister (“master (title for a person in authority or one having a licence from a university to teach liberal arts and philosophy); teacher”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”) + *-teros (contrastive or oppositional suffix forming adjectives)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns, sometimes denoting groups and offices). By surface analysis, magister + -y. Doublet of magisterium. Cognate with French magistère, Old French magisteire.

noun magisteries

also, countable, figuratively, historical, uncountable 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. [T]hey made proofe of the ſaid flowers dried, and this high magiſterie they found, That being beaten to pouder, they cured thoſe of the bloudie flix,^([sic – meaning flux]) vvho lay at the very point of death upon that diſeaſe; […]
also, countable, figuratively, historical, obsolete, uncountable The product of such a transformation.
countable, historical, uncountable A fine substance deposited by precipitation, formerly applied to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions. magistery of bismuth (BiONO₃·H₂O)
countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable A concentrated extract of a substance.
countable, obsolete An art or a skill.
countable, obsolete Synonym of magistracy (“the dignity or office of a magistrate; the collective body of magistrates”).
Similar: magistracy
countable, obsolete A medicine prepared for a specific use.
obsolete, uncountable The quality possessed by a master; authority, mastership, mastery; also, the exercise of authority.
obsolete, uncountable Synonym of magisterium (“the teaching authority or office of the Roman Catholic Church”).
Similar: magisterium

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@misc{magistery_2026,
  title = {magistery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/magistery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}