Mag"is*ter*y (?), n. [L. magisterium the office of a chief, president, director, tutor. See Magistrate.]
1.
Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy.
[Obs.]
Holland.
2.
A magisterial injunction.
[R.]
Brougham.
3. Chem.
A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; -- applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions; as, magistery of bismuth.
Ure.
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