2. (Fort.)
Defn: A magistral line.
3. (Metal.)
Defn: Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.
MAGISTRALITY
Mag`is*tral"i*ty, n.; pl. -ties (.
Defn: Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism. Bacon.
MAGISTRALLY
Mag"is*tral*ly, adv.
Defn: In a magistral manner. Abp. Bramhall.
MAGISTRATE Mag"is*trate, n. Etym: [L. magistratus, fr. magister master: cf. F. magistrat. See Master.]
Defn: A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it. "All Christian rulers and magistrates." Book of Com. Prayer. Of magistrates some also are supreme, in whom the sovereign power of the state resides; others are subordinate. Blackstone.