Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Master; sir: an appellation given in the middle ages to persons of scientific or literary distinction, equivalent to the modern title of doctor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Master; sir; -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Master; sir: -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
- noun The possessor of a
master's degree .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I've had an e mail ex meus Latin magister of quadraginta annus abhinc quisnam had offendo in meus blog qua EGO had memoratus suus nomen in obduco.
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I've had an e mail ex meus Latin magister of quadraginta annus abhinc quisnam had offendo in meus blog qua EGO had memoratus suus nomen in obduco.
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I've had an e mail ex meus Latin magister of quadraginta annus abhinc quisnam had offendo in meus blog qua EGO had memoratus suus nomen in obduco.
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The head of the monastic school was called magister scholœ, capiscola, proscholus, etc.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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In other institutions, the official in charge was known as magister, provisor, or rector, this last title being given in Germany to the superior in case he was a priest, while in Italy he was called spedalingo.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Luther refers here to the Sentences of Petrus Lombardus, the so-called magister sententiarum, which formed the basis of all dogmatic interpretation from about the middle of the twelfth century down to the Reformation.
Articles 19-27. Twenty-Seven Articles Respecting the Reformation of the Christian Estate 1909
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This is because "magister" and "doctor" meant the same thing in the middle ages.
Archive 2008-04-20 papabear 2008
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Mr Bolton, the organiser of "magister" of the OLHP, said in complaint to the council that his organisation and himself had been linked, by clear implication with paedophiles operating in Christchurch.
The Watcher: The New Zealand Voice of the Left Hand Path #11 1992
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To Regin, she said, You told me to kill the magister after you got vivisected.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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From behind his desk, the magister demanded, “Contain what?”
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
ravages commented on the word magister
master
judge
high-priest
owner
leader
December 19, 2007