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In a magistral manner. Abp. Bramhall.

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.]

One who practices massage; a masseur or masseuse.

One who feeds on oysters.

A person or an animal that has the habit of eating all kinds of food.

The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.

o has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist. It is curious that . . . Louisa Castelefort should be obliged after her marriage immediately to open her doors and turn ultra liberal, or an universal suffragist. Miss Edgeworth.

To divest of the office or authority of a magistrate. [Obs.] Milton.

rly abbeys. Encyc. Brit. Abbot of the people. a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa. -- Abbot of Misrule (or Lord of Misrule), in mediæval times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the Abbot of Unreason. Encyc. Brit.

Something cleansing. The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate. Milton.

ntrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain. A mild and popular administration. Macaulay. The administration has been opposed in parliament. Johnson.

A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.

ent in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate. Bouvier. Burrill.

To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.

A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc. Prescott.

r and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.

Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable. [Archaic] He wrought but some few hours of the day, and then would he seem very grave and ancient. Holland.

Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world. De Quincey.