Synonyms for magistral


Grammar : Adj
Spell : maj-uh-struh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmædʒ ə strəl


Définition of magistral

Origin :
  • 1570s, from Latin magistralis "of a master," from magister "chief, director" (see master (n.)).
  • As in prescribed : adj set as guide
Example sentences :
  • If I discover the magistral force, I shall be able to create.
  • Extract from : « The Alkahest » by Honore de Balzac
  • In the quartet, his magistral work, the Hebraic element is only one of several.
  • Extract from : « Musical Portraits » by Paul Rosenfeld
  • The doctoral and magistral canonries alluded to by Philip afforded a special grievance.
  • Extract from : « A History of The Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2, » by Henry Charles Lea
  • And in Les Deux SÅ“urs the effects of labour entirely vanish, and he once more paints with magistral unconcern.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright
  • His descriptions have the magistral ampleness of a gesture indicating the sweep of a vast horizon.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • Here is a magistral power accorded to Congress utterly inconsistent with the pretensions of State Rights.
  • Extract from : « Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume X (of 20) » by Charles Sumner
  • The magistral blister of Valleix is a revival of the vesicating epithem.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • On such a question, his whole life was the open book from which he spoke with magistral authority.
  • Extract from : « Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 7 (of 20) » by Charles Sumner
  • Here is a magistral power accorded to Congress, utterly inconsistent with the pretensions of State Rights.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 72, October, 1863 » by Various
  • Your B-minor sonata, however unsatisfactory its actual quality, remains one of the magistral works of the sort.
  • Extract from : « Musical Portraits » by Paul Rosenfeld

Antonyms for magistral

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