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<hw>Mag`is*tral"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-ties</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Magistrally</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Mag"is*tral*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a magistral manner.</def>

<i>Abp. Bramhall.</i>

<h1>Magistrate</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Mag"is*trate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>magistratus</ets>, fr. <ets>magister</ets> master: cf. F. <ets>magistrat</ets>. See <er>Master</er>.]</ety> <def>A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it.</def> "All Christian rulers and <i>magistrates</i>."

<i>Book of Com. Prayer.</i>

<blockquote>Of <b>magistrates</b> some also are supreme, in whom the sovereign power of the state resides; others are subordinate. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Magistratic, Magistratical</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw><hw>Mag`is*trat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mag`is*trat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Magistrature</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Mag"is*tra`ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>magistrature</ets>.]</ety> <def>Magistracy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Magma</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Mag"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to squeeze, knead.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A thick residuum obtained from certain substances after the fluid parts are expressed from them; the grounds which remain after treating a substance with any menstruum, as water or alcohol.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A salve or confection of thick consistency.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

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<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The glassy base of an eruptive rock.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass, as distinguished from well-defined crystals; <as>as, the <ex>magma</ex> of porphyry</as>.</def>

<h1>Magna Charta</h1> <Xpage=882>

<hw>Mag"na Char"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L., great charter.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The great Charter, so called, obtained by the English barons from King John, <sc>A. D.</sc> 1215. This name is also given to the charter granted to the people of England in the ninth year of Henry III., and confirmed by Edward I.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, a fundamental constitution which guaranties rights and privileges.</def>

<h1>Magnality</h1> <Xpage=882>

<hw>Mag*nal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>magnalis</ets> mighty, fr. <ets>magnus</ets> great.]</ety> <def>A great act or event; a great attainment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>