magistery
[
maj
-
uh
-ster-ee, -st
uh
-ree]
/ˈmædʒ əˌstɛr i, -stə ri/
noun
,
plural
magisteries.
1.
an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to which faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.
2.
Obsolete,
mastership
.
Origin
1490-1500;
<
Latin
magisterium,
equivalent to
magister
master
+
-ium
-ium
British Dictionary definitions for
magistery
magistery
/
ˈmædʒɪstərɪ;
-trɪ
/
noun
(
alchemy
) (
pl
)
-teries
1.
an agency or substance, such as the philosopher's stone, believed to transmute other substances
2.
any substance capable of healing
Word Origin
C16: from Medieval Latin
magisterium,
from Latin: mastery, from
magister
master