Definition of "magistery" in English

noun

1. 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.

2. The product of such a transformation.

3. A fine substance deposited by precipitation, formerly applied to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions.

   • magistery of bismuth (BiONO₃·H₂O)

4. A concentrated extract of a substance.

5. An art or a skill.

6. Synonym of magistracy (“the dignity or office of a magistrate; the collective body of magistrates”).

7. A medicine prepared for a specific use.

8. The quality possessed by a master; authority, mastership, mastery; also, the exercise of authority.

9. Synonym of magisterium (“the teaching authority or office of the Roman Catholic Church”).