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Etymology
From w:Old French|Old FrenchCategory:Old French derivations maistrie.
Noun
mastery
#The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
#:If divided by mountains, they will fight for the mastery of the passages of the tops. Sir W. Raleigh.
#Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.
#:The voice of them that shout for mastery. Exodus. xxxii. 18.
#:Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. 1 Corinthians. ix. 25.
#:O, but to have gulled him Had been a mastery. B. Jonson.
#(obsolete) Contest for superiority. Holland.
#(obsolete) A masterly operation; a feat.
#:I will do a maistrie ere I go. Chaucer.
#(obsolete) Specifically, the philosophers' stone|philosopher's stone.
#The act or process of mastering; the state of having mastered.
#:He could attain to a mastery in all languages. Tillotson.
#:The learning and mastery of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties. Locke.
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Mastery (Page: 900)
Mas"ter*y (?), n.; pl. Masteries (#). [OF. maistrie.]
1. The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
If divided by mountains, they will fight for the mastery of the passages of the tops. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preëminence.
The voice of them that shout for mastery. Ex. xxxii. 18.
Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. 1 Cor. ix. 25.
O, but to have gulled him Had been a mastery. B. Jonson.
3. Contest for superiority. [Obs.] Holland.
4. A masterly operation; a feat. [Obs.]
I will do a maistrie ere I go. Chaucer.
5. Specifically, the philosopher's stone. [Obs.]
6. The act process of mastering; the state of having mastered.
He could attain to a mastery in all languages. Tillotson.
The learning and mastery of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties. Locke.
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Translations
Finnish: määräysvalta (1)
Greek: αÏθενÏία (afthentia) f, ÏÏεÏοÏή (uperohá¸) f
pt:mastery
te:mastery
vi:mastery
tr:mastery
zh:mastery
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