unmagistrate

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verb

To strip of the office or authority of magistrate.

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Meanings

verbunmagistrate (third-person singular simple present unmagistrates, present participle unmagistrating, simple past and past participle unmagistrated)

present singular third person unmagistrates · participle present unmagistrating · participle past unmagistrated · past unmagistrated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo strip of the office or authority of magistrate.

    [the government] might, if they saw cause , take all power , authority , and the sword out of his hand , which in effect is to unmagistrate him

    1649, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], published 1649 (2nd printing), →OCLC

Origin

From un- + magistrate.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmagistrate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmagistrate.

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