Magistral

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to a magistrate; magisterial.
  • adj. Prepared as specified by a physician's prescription. Used of medicine.
  • adj. Principal; main: the magistral line of fortifications.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sovereign medicine or remedy.
  • n. A magistral line.
  • n. Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.
  • adj. Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor; hence, effectual; sovereign.
  • adj. Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; -- opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.
  • n. A sovereign medicine or remedy.
  • n. A magistral line.
  • n. Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Befitting a master or magistrate; magisterial; authoritative.
  • Having sovereign remedial qualities.
  • In pharmacy, prescribed or prepared for the occasion: applied to medicines which are not kept prepared or made up.
  • n. In alchemy and old medicine, a sovereign medicine or remedy.
  • n. In fortification, the guiding line from which the position of the other lines or works is determined.
  • n. An officer in cathedral and collegiate churches and royal chapels in Spain, generally a canon, whose duty it was to preach a certain course of sermons.
  • n. 4 (Sp. pron. ma-his-träl′ ). Copper pyrites or other sulphureted ores of copper roasted at a carefully regulated temperature with free access of air. It is used in the Mexican “patio process” (which see, under process).
  • Word Usage
    "And therefore 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."
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