magistery
noun
mag·is·tery
plural -es
1
: a principle of nature having transmuting or curative powers : philosophers' stone
he that hath water turned to ashes, hath the Magistery, and the true Philosophers' stone—James Howell
2
obsolete
: mastership, authority
3
obsolete
b
: any of various white precipitates from metallic solutions
a white precipitate of bismuth subnitrate was formerly known as magistery of bismuth
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