adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sovereign medicine or remedy. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A magistral line. countable
3. 3
   Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America. uncountable

Adjective

1. 1
   Pertaining to or befitting a master; authoritative.

   "[Y]ou live on a magistral hill in a venerable mansion, not to speak of governmental rations."

2. 2
   Sovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective. obsolete
3. 3
   Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.

Synonyms

All synonyms

absolutearbitraryaristocraticarrogantauthoritarianauthoritative

Example

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"[Y]ou live on a magistral hill in a venerable mansion, not to speak of governmental rations."

Etymology

From Middle French magistral, and its source, Latin magistrālis, from magister (“master”). Doublet of mistral.

Related phrases

magistral linesouth america

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