MAGISTERY

  

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MAGISTERY

Definitions: MAGISTERY

MAGISTERY

Noun

1. A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; -- applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions; as, magistery of bismuth.

2. A magisterial injunction.

3. Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "MAGISTERY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)

Etymology: Magistery \Mag"is*ter*y\, noun. [Latin expression magisterium the office of chief, president, director, tutor. See Magistrate.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms within Context: MAGISTERY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Pulverulence

Powder, dust, sand, shingle; sawdust; grit; meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule; crumb, seed, grain; particle. (smallness); limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder; flocculi.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MAGISTERY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

grand le magistery

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: MAGISTERY

Language Translations for "magistery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

agisterymay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "MAGISTERY"

Words rhyming with "MAGISTERY" (pronounced 'Mag"is*ter*y'): Ministery, Sinisterly. (additional references)

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Anagrams: MAGISTERY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-m-r-s-t-y"

-1 letter: magister, migrates, ragtimes, sterigma.

-2 letters: aigrets, gaiters, gamiest, gisarme, grayest, gyrates, imagers, imagery, imarets, maestri, mastery, migrate, mirages, misrate, ragtime, seagirt, sigmate, smartie, stagier, streamy, triages.

-3 letters: ageism, ageist, aigret, aimers, airest, armets, armies, estray, gaiety, gaiter, gamers, gamest, gamier, gaster, gayest, grates, gratis, greasy, greats, grimes, gyrase, gyrate, imager, images, imaret, maigre, marges, master, maters, mateys, matres, mayest, merits, mirage, misate, miseat, misery, mister, miters, mitres, ramets, ramies, remits, retags, sagier, samite, satire, smarty, smeary, smiter, stager, stagey, stayer, steamy, stigma, stream, striae, stymie, tamers, targes, terais, tigers, timers, triage, yagers, yarest.

-4 letters: aegis, agers, agism, agist, aimer, airts, amies, amirs, amity, arise, armet, artsy, aster, astir, emirs, emits, etyma, eyras, gaits, gamer, games, gamey, gates, gayer, gears, germs, germy, getas, girts, grams, grate, grays, great, greys, grime, grimy, grist, grits, gyres, image, irate, items, mages, mairs, maist, mares, marge, marse, marts, maser, mater, mates, matey, mayst, meats, meaty, merit, metis, mires, miser, misty, miter, mites, mitre, rages, ragis, raise, ramet, ramie, rates, reams, regma, remit, resay, retag, retia, rimes, rites, sager, sarge, satem, satyr, sayer, seamy, serai, sigma, simar, sitar, smart, smear, smite, stage, stagy, staig, stair, stare, steam, stime, stimy, stray, stria, tamer, tames, tamis, tares, targe, tarsi, teams, tears, teary, terai, terga, terms, tiers, tiger, timer, times, tires, tragi, trams, trays, treys, tries, trigs, trims, tryma, tyers, tyres, yager, yagis, years, yeast, yetis.

-5 letters: aery, ager, ages, aims, airs, airt, airy, aits, amie, amir, amis, ares, arms, army, arse, arts, arty, ates, ayes, ears, east, easy, eats, egis, emir, emit, eras, ergs, erst, etas, eyas, eyra, gaes, gait, game, gams, gamy, gars, gast, gate, gats, gays, gear, gems, germ, gest, geta, gets, gies, girt, gist, gits, gram, grat, gray, grey, grim, grit, gyms, gyre, gyri, ires, item, maes, mage, magi, mags, mair, mare, mars, mart, mast, mate, mats, mays, meat, megs, mesa, meta, migs, mire, mirs, miry, mise, mist, mite, mity, rage, ragi, rags, rami, rams, rase, rate, rats, rays, ream, regs, reis, rems, rest, rets, rias, rigs, rime, rims, rimy, rise, rite, ryas, ryes, sage, sagy, same, sari, sate, sati, seam, sear, seat, semi, sera, seta, sima, sire, site, smit, stag, star, stay, stem, stey, stir, stye, tags, tame, tams, tare, tars, team, tear, teas, tegs, term, tier, ties, time, tire, tram, tray, trey, trig, trim, tsar, tyer, tyes, tyre, yagi, yams, yare, year, yeas, yeti.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-m-r-s-t-y"
 

+4 letters: magisterially, martyrologies, mythographies.

 

+5 letters: laryngectomies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MAGISTERY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 41 47 49 53 54 45 52 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    .-    --.    ..    ...    -    .    .-.    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01000001 01000111 01001001 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#65 &#71 &#73 &#83 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0041 0047 0049 0053 0054 0045 0052 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

473541435354395259

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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