magistral

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A similar brief was sent on the 17th of October, to the Bishop of Jaen, the magistral canon of Toledo, and Professor Mancio.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio

A little calcined iron pyrites, called magistral, is also added.

From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Bulfinch, Thomas

In itself it can hardly be termed a magistral work, inasmuch as all the theories enunciated in it are, at least, twenty years old, and appear to us to-day quite worn out and decrepit.

From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous

His descriptions have the magistral ampleness of a gesture indicating the sweep of a vast horizon. 

From Notes on Life and Letters by Conrad, Joseph

A glance at any of the plans that have already been shown will show that hitherto the crests of parapets had always been traced parallel to the escarp or magistral line.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various