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Webster 1913 Edition
Mastery
Mas′ter-y
,Noun.
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; preeminence.
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
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mastery
M`ASTERY
,Noun.
If divided by mountains, they will fight for the mastery of the passages of the tops--
1.
Superiority in competition; preeminence. Every man that striveth for the mystery, is temperate in all things. 1 Cor.9.
2.
Victory in war. It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery. Ex.32.
3.
Eminent skill; superior dexterity. He could attain to a mastery in all languages.
4.
Attainment of eminent skill or power. The learning and mastery of a tongue being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties.