magistral

comparative more magistral · superlative most magistral

1. Of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative.First known use 16th c.

   Toby opened the game with a magistral flourish.

   1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 889

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   [Y]ou live on a magistral hill in a venerable mansion, not to speak of governmental rations.

   1928, Hart Crane, letter, 16 September

2. obsoletemedicineSovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective.First known use 16th–17th c.
3. medicineFormulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.First known use 16th c.

plural magistrals

1. countableuncountablemedicineA sovereign medicine or remedy.
2. countableA magistral line.
3. uncountablePowdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.