Unmagistrate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To strip of the office or authority of magistrate. obsolete, transitive

    "[the government] might, if they saw cause , take all power , authority , and the sword out of his hand , which in effect is to unmagistrate him"

Example

More examples

"[the government] might, if they saw cause , take all power , authority , and the sword out of his hand , which in effect is to unmagistrate him"

Etymology

From un- + magistrate.

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