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Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency.

In a magical manner; by magic, or as if by magic.

One skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer.

See Megilp.

Master; sir; -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.

Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic. When magisterial duties from his home Her father called. Glover. We are not magisterial in opinions, nor, dictator-like, obtrude our notions o…

Magisterialness; authoritativeness. [R.] Fuller.

In a magisterial manner.

The quality or state of being magisterial.

Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy. [Obs.] Holland.

The office or dignity of a magistrate. Blackstone.

Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.

Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism. Bacon.

In a magistral manner. Abp. Bramhall.

r invested with the executive government, or some branch of it. "All Christian rulers and magistrates." Book of Com. Prayer. Of magistrates some also are supreme, in whom the sovereign power of the state resides; others are subordinate. Blackstone.

Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate. Jer. Taylor.

Magistracy. [Obs.]

Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste. Ure.

The great Charter, so called, obtained by the English barons from King John, A. D. 1215. This name is also given to the charter granted to the people of England in the ninth year of Henry III., and confirmed by Edward I.

A great act or event; a great attainment. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.