From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en] [obsolete]
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], [enm], [enm], from [en], equivalent to [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[-]
1. The position or authority of a master ; dominion ; command ; supremacy ; superiority .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. Superiority in war or competition; victory ; triumph ; preeminence .
5. * [book=II]
6. * [Exodus]
7. * [1 Corinthians]
8. * {{ RQ:Jonson Alchemist
|passage=O, but to ha' gulled him / Had been a MASTERY.}}
1. The act or process of mastering; the state of having mastered; expertise .
2. * [sermon=I]
3. * [173]
4. * [en]
5. [en] A contest for superiority .
6. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1623 | author=John Speed | title=The Historie of Great Britain Under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans | page=596
|passage=[...] pastimes of wrestling, and like MA [LONG S] TERIES betweene the
_Citizens of London_ and others of the _Suburbes_ [...]}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1936 | author=John Clayton | title=The Anger of the North | page=69
|passage=Rury has given the word for some rare sport — a bout of games and
MASTERIES between me and Marcos Serkman to prove which is the better man.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1929 | author=Delphian Society | chapter=Delphian Text | volume=7 | page=441 | title=Paolo and Francesca
|passage=Come, Paolo, we two have never held / A MASTERY between us — tell me
out!}}
1. [en] A masterly operation; a feat .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. * [en]
8. [en] The philosopher's stone .
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Related terms
- [en]
[Webster 1913]
**** Translations
[position or authority of a master]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Latin: [la]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Volapük: [vo]
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[superiority in war or competition]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Russian: [ru]
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[contest for superiority]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Russian: [ru]
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[masterly operation]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Russian: [ru]
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[philosopher's stone]
[act or process of mastering, expertise]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Norwegian:
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [process]
- Spanish: [es]
- Volapük: [vo]
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- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Irish: [ga]
- Spanish: [es]
- Volapük: [vo]
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*** Anagrams
- [en]