magistery 
= K. iinii/in/iri' = Pr. Hiugixtrri = Sp. I'g. It. /- 
i/ixlrriii, < L. miiiiixti-riinu, the ollice of :i mas- 
tor, chief, director, president, etc., in ML. ama- 
gisterium, < mai/ixti-r, n muster, cliief, director, 
president, etc. : see magister, master 1 .] 1. A 
magisterial injunction; an authoritative man- 
date. 
This hist was not a inai/istfry, but a more command. 
Broii'.ih'iui 
2. Iii nlrlifnii/, a magisterial]! or magistral; in 
rlii-iii., one of various extracts or preparations, 
especially magisterium bismuthi, a precipitate 
formed when water is added to a solution of 
liismuth in nitric acid. See the quotations 
from Boyle and Boerhaave. 
He that hath had Water turned to Ashes hath the 
Mayisteri/, and the true Philosopher's Stone. 
HoiecU, Letters, I. vi. 41. 
Although majesttry be a term variously enough em- 
ployed by chemists, and particularly used by Paracelsus 
to signify very different things, yet the best notion I 
know of it . . . Is, that It Is a preparation whereby there 
Is not an analysis made of the Ixuly assigned, nor an ex- 
traction of this or that principle, but the whole or very 
near the whole body, by the help of some additament, 
greater or less, is turned Into a body of another kind. 
Boyle, Works, I. 637. 
Matristeries seem to have been thus called by the antient 
chemists as denoting the capital production or master- 
piece of their art. They pretend that they are able to take 
any simple body, and without any change of Its weight, or 
division of its parts, alter it into another exceedingly dif- 
ferent from the former, and usually liquid: for Instance, 
to reduce an ounce of gold into a fluid of the same weight, 
by Are alone, without the addition of any other matter. 
Boerhaave, Chemistry (tr. by Shaw, 3d ed., 1753), 1. 171. 
3f. Any kind of medicine or remedial agency 
asserted to be of exceptional efficacy, 
magistracy (maj'is-tra-si), n. f< magistrate) 
+ -cy.] 1. The office or dignity of a magis- 
trate. 
In all tyrannical governments the supreme maffistraci/, 
or the right both of making and of enforcing the laws, is 
vested in one and the same man, or one and the same body 
of men. Bladcutime, Com., I. II. 
We have no power to make laws, to erect all sorts of 
magistracy, to correct, punish, pardon. 
Winthrnp, Hist -New England, II. 341. 
2. The body of magistrates. 
That enlightened, eloquent, sage, and profound body, the 
Magistracy of London. Dickens, Sketches, Scenes, xvii. 
magistral (maj'is-tral), a. and n. [= F. Sp. 
Pg. magistral = It. magistrate, < L. magistralis, 
or or belonging to a master or teacher, < ma- 
gister, a master, teacher, etc.: see magister, 
master^.] I. a. 1. Befitting a master or magis- 
trate; magisterial; authoritative. 
Your assertion of the original! of set forms of liturgy, I 
justly say is more magistrall than true. 
Bp. Hall, Ans. to Apol. for Smectymnuus, 2. 
2. Having sovereign remedial qualities. 
More comforting 
Than all your opiates, juleps, apozems, 
Magistral syrups. B. Jonson, Sejanus, i. 2. 
Let it bo some magistrall opiate. 
Bacon, Hist. Life and Death, p. 29. 
3. Iii )>linr., prescribed or prepared for the 
occasion? applied to medicines which are not 
kept prepared or made up Magistral line, see 
II., 2. Magistral method, a schoolmaster's method of 
teaching established truth. 
The most real diversity of method is of method referred 
to use, and method referred to progression : whereof the 
one may be termed magistral, and the other of probation. 
liiifi'ii. Advancement of Learning, U. 
II. . It. In alchemy and old med., a sover- 
eign medicine or remedy. 
I flnde a vast chaos of medicines, a confusion of receipts 
and magistrals, amongst writers, appropriated to this dis- 
ease. Burton, Anat of Mel., p. 882. 
2. In fort., the guiding line from which the 
position of tlie other lines or works is deter- 
mined. In neld-fortiflcations this line is the interior 
rrest-linc. In permanent fortifications it is usually the 
line <if flu- topof the escarp of each work. Farrow. More 
fully called mayiitral linf. 
3. An officer in cathedral and collegiate church- 
es and royal chapels in Spain, generally a canon, 
whose duty it was to preach a certain'course of 
sermons. 4 (Sp. pron. ma-his-tral'). Copper 
pyrites or other sulphureted ores of copper 
roasted at a carefully regulated temperature 
with free access of air. It is used in the Mexi- 
can " patio process" (which see,underpro<vx.). 
magistrate (ma-jis-trii'le), a. [It., = E. ma- 
iiixtral.] See utrt-ttn. 
magistralityt (maj-is-trari-ti), . [< mniiixtr/n 
+ -!?'/] Magistral character, conduct, or teach- 
ing; magisterial air or authority. 
Those who seek truths, and not maiiistrnlitii. 
Bacon, AdnBMOWnt of Learning, ii. 
225 
367.S 
magistrallyt (rnaj'is-tral-i), ad r. Authorita- 
tively; magisterially. ' ' 1'iirrlinx, Pilgrimage, 
p. 208. 
magistrand (maj-is-trand'), . [< LL. magis- 
li-iiniliix, gerund of iiini/ixtriire, iniin/xtcrare, per- 
form the office of a director or chief, rule, com- 
mand, ML. also make a master (in arts), con- 
fer the degree of master upon, < L. magister, a 
master: see magister, maxtcr 1 .] A university 
student in the fourth year of his arts course, 
after which he may proceed to graduation: a 
designation still in use in Aberdeen, formerly 
also in other Scottish universities. 
magistrate (maj'is-trat), n. [< ME. magestrat, 
< OF. magistral, F. magistrat, a town council, 
a magistrate, = Sp. Pg. magistrado = It. magis- 
trate, council, court, tribunal, magistracy, also 
a magistrate, < L. magistrates, the office of a 
chief, director, president, etc., a magistrate, < 
magister, a master, chief, director, etc.: see 
magister, master 1 .'] If. Magistracy. 
Certes thow thyself ne myhtest nat ben browht with as 
manye perils as thow myhtest suffren that thow wolden 
beren the magestrat with (I) Dccorat. 
Chaucer, Boethius, ill. prose 4. 
2. An administrator of the law ; one who pos- 
sesses jurisdiction or executive authority in 
matters of civil government; an executive or 
judicial officer holding the power of decision 
and disposal in regard to subjects within his 
cognizance : as, a king is the first magistrate of 
a monarchy; in the United States the Presi- 
dent is often called the chief magistrate; the 
magistrates of a state or city ; civil or judicial 
magistrates. But the word is more particularly ap- 
plied to subordinate officers to whom some part of execu- 
tive judicial power is committed or delegated. 
We acknowledge that the clvill magistrate weares an 
autority of Gods giving, and ought to be obey'd as his 
viceregent Milton, Church-Government, L 6. 
3. Specifically, a minor judicial officer; a jus- 
tice of the peace, or a police justice; in Scot- 
land, a provost or a bailie of a burgh : as, to be 
brought before the bar of the local magistrate. 
4. In the New Testament, a Roman military 
governor or pretor.-chlef magistrate. See def. 2. 
Committing magistrate. See committing. Curule 
magistrate. See curate. Stipendiary magistrates. 
See stipendiary. 
magistratic (maj-is-trat'ik), a. [< magistrate + 
-ic.] Of or pertaining to a magistrate ; having 
the authority of a magistrate. Jer. Taylor (f), 
Artif. Handsomeness, p. 169. 
magistratical (maj-is-trat'i-kal), a. [< magis- 
tratic + -al.] Same as magistratic. 
niagistrature (maj'is-tra-tur), n. [= F. magis- 
trature = Sp. Pg. It. magixtratura, < ML. *ma- 
gistratura, < L. magistratus, a magistrate: see 
magistrate.] 1. Magistracy. 2. Administra- 
tion of law ; civil government. 
The war which a great people was waging ... for the 
idea of nationality and orderly mayistrature. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 143. 
mag-loon (mag'lon), . The speckled loon or 
red-throated diver, Colymbus septentrionalis. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
magma (mag'mS), n. [NL., < Or. fiay/ai, a knead- 
ed mass, a salve, < paooeiv (/ pay), knead : see 
mass?, cf. magdaleon.] 1. Any crude mixture, 
especially of organic matters, in the form of a 
thin paste. 2. In med.: (a) The thick residuum 
obtained after subjecting certain substances 
to pressure to extract the fluid parts. (6) The 
grounds which remain after treating a sub- 
stance with water, alcohol, or any other men- 
struum, (c) A salve of a certain degree of con- 
sistence. Dunglison. 3. A confection. 4. In 
petrol., the ground-mass or basis of a rock ; that 
part which is amorphous or which has no de- 
cidedly individualized contours, so far as can 
be made out from examination of thin sections 
with the aid of a microscope, it is in such an 
amorphous homogeneous magma or ground-mass that the 
crystalline elements of many rocks are embedded. The 
term magma is also frequently used to designate molten 
or plastic material lying beneath the surface, which it Is 
desirable to speak of, without any specific indication of 
its mineral character. In discussing the phenomena of 
volcanism, metamorphism, etc. 
Carrying out this idea still further, he [Dnrocher] pro- 
pounded the theory that beneath the earth's solid crust 
there exist two magmas, the upper consisting of light acid 
materials, the lower of heavy basic ones ; and he supposes 
that by the varying intensity of the volcanic forces we 
may have sometimes one or the other inarnna erupted 
and sometimes varying mixtures of the two. 
Judd, Volcanoes, p. 201. 
Magma-basalt. See HmhuryOe. 
magmatic (inag-mat'ik), a. [< m<tgma(t-) + 
-if.] Belonging or related to the magma, or to 
the material of which the igneous rocks are 
magne-crystallic 
formed while this is yet in the unconsolidated 
or uuindividualined condition, 
magmoid (mag'moid), a. In hot., resembling 
an alga, consisting of spherical green cellules. 
Cooke; Leigh ton. 
magna, . Plural of magnum, 3. 
Magna Charta (mag'ua kar'ta). See charta. 
magnaliaOnag-iiii'li-ft), i. />/. [LL. : aeemag- 
iHi/ity.] Great things; mighty works. 
It might be one of Ood's maanalia to perfect his own 
praise out of the weakness and imperfection of the organ. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), II. 81. 
magnalityr (mag-nal'i-ti), n. [< LL. magnalis, 
in pi. magnalia, great things, < L. magntui, great : 
see magnitude, main 2 .] Something great; a 
great or striking deed or feat. 
Although perhaps too greedy of magnalities, we are apt 
to make but favourable experiments concerning welcome 
truthes and much desired verities. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., U. 8. 
magnanerie (man-yan'e-re), . [F., < magnan, 
a silkworm ; cf. magnanier, a breeder of silk- 
worms.] 1. An establishment for the com- 
mercial rearing of silkworms. 
The cure proposed by Pasteur was simply to take care 
that the stock whence graiue was obtained should be 
healthy, and the offspring would then be healthy also. 
Small educations reared apart from the ordinary mairna- 
nerie, for the production of gralne alone, were recom- 
mended. Encyc. Brit., XXII. 68. 
2. The art or practice of rearing or breeding 
silkworms. 
magnanimate (mag-nan'i-mat), v. t.; pret. and 
pp. magnanimated,f : pr. magnanimatiiig. Kmag- 
nanim(ous) + -ate'. Cf. animate, v.] To ren- 
der magnanimous; imbue with magnanimity 
or steadfast courage. Howett. 
magnanimity (mag-na-nim'i-ti), . [< ME. 
magnanimite = F. magnanimite = Sp. magnani- 
midad = Pg. magnanimidade = It. magnanimi- 
ta, < L. magnanimita(t-)s, greatness of soul, < 
magnanimus, great-souled : see magnanimous.] 
The quality of being magnanimous; greatness 
of mind or heart; elevation or dignity of soul; 
the habit of feeling and acting worthily under 
all circumstances; high-mindedness ; intrinsic 
nobility. In its earlier use the word Implies especially 
high courage and noble steadfastness of purpose ; in its 
later use, high-minded generosity. 
Maffnanimity no doubt consisteth in contempt of peril, 
in contempt of profit, and in the meriting of the times 
wherein one liveth. Bacon, in Speddlng, 1. 126. 
The favorite example of magnanimity among the Ro- 
mans was Fabius Maximus, who, amidst the provocation 
of the enemy and the Impatience of his countrymen, de- 
layed to give battle till he saw how he could do so suc- 
cessfully. Fleming, Vocab. Philos. 
Bid Tommati blink his interest, 
Yon laud his magnanimity the while. 
Browning, Ring and Book, n. 106. 
Syn. High-mindedness, chivalronsncss. See noble. 
magnanimous (mag-nan 'i-mus), a. [= F. 
magnanime = Sp. magndnimo = Pg. It. ma- 
gnanimo, < L. magnanimus, great-souled, hav- 
ing a great or lofty soul, < magntis, great (see 
main 2 ), + animus, soul, mind: see animus. Cf. 
pusillanimous.] 1. Great of mind or heart ; of 
high and steadfast courage; elevated in soul 
or in sentiment; high-minded; raised above 
what is low, mean, or ungenerous. 2. Dic- 
tated by greatness of mind or heart ; exhibit- 
ing nobleness of soul; liberal and honorable; 
unselfish. 
The magnanimous frankness of a man who had done 
great things, and who could well afford to acknowledge 
some deficiencies. . Macaulaji, Hist. Eng., vii. 
= Syn. Genermu (see noble) ; high-minded, great-souled, 
chivalrous. 
magnanimously (mag-nan'i-mus-li), adv. In 
a magnanimous manner ; with magnanimity. 
magnate (mag'nat), n. [= F. magnat = Sp. 
Pg. It. magnate, < LL. magnas (magnat-), pi. 
n/iii/nates, also magnatus, pi. magnati, a great 
person, a nobleman, in ML. used esp. with ref. 
to the nobility forming the national representa- 
tion of Hungary and Poland, < L. magnus, great : 
see magnitude, main 2 .] 1. A person of rank; 
a noble or grandee; a person of note or dis- 
tinction in any sphere: as, a railroad magnate. 
The greatest magnates were content to serve in the 
council as ministers and advisers, rather than to act up to 
their position constitutionally as members of a great estate 
In parliament. SruMw, Medieval and Modern Hist, p. 342. 
Specifically 2. One of the members of the 
upper house of the Diet of Hungary, called the 
Ilinisi' (or Table) of Mat/nates. It comprises cer- 
tain hereditary peers, high state dignitaries and 
ecclesiastics, life peers, etc. 
magne-crystallic (mag'ne-kris-tal'ik), a. [Ir- 
reg. for 'mtigneto-i-rtitstnllit-. < mnynet + crystal 
