mastery

Definitions

1. 1.Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preëminence. The voice of them that shout for mastery. Ex. xxxii.
2. 2.Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. 1 Cor. ix.
3. 3.O, but to have gulled him Had been a mastery. B. Jonson.
4. 4.Contest for superiority. [Obs.] Holland.
5. 5.A masterly operation; a feat. [Obs.] I will do a maistrie ere I go. Chaucer.
6. 6.Specifically, the philosopher's stone. [Obs.]
7. 7.The act process of mastering; the state of having mastered. He could attain to a mastery in all languages. Tillotson. The learning and mastery of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties. Locke.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preëminence. The voice of them that shout for mastery. Ex. xxxii called?
• What is every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. 1 Cor. ix called?
• What is o, but to have gulled him Had been a mastery. B. Jonson called?
• What is contest for superiority. [Obs.] Holland called?
• What is a masterly operation; a feat. [Obs.] I will do a maistrie ere I go. Chaucer called?
• What is specifically, the philosopher's stone. [Obs.] called?