magistracy

[ maj-uh-struh-see ]

noun

, plural mag·is·tra·cies.

1. the office or function of a magistrate.
2. a body of magistrates.
3. the district under a magistrate.

magistracy

/ ˈmædʒɪstrəsɪ; ˈmædʒɪstrəˌtjʊə /

noun

1. the office or function of a magistrate
2. magistrates collectively
3. the district under the jurisdiction of a magistrate

Word History and Origins

Origin of magistracy¹

First recorded in 1570–80; magistr(ate) + -acy

Example Sentences

A few years later the presbytery went further than even the magistracy had already done.

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I have acted boldly, in the open day, in the presence of the magistracy: there lias been nothing secret or concealed.

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Of the nobility not one-tenth, of the magistracy not one-fifth, were favorable to the changes which she wished to introduce.

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The law of 412 came in vain to require an interval of ten years before becoming again a candidate for the same magistracy.

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But the esteem of his fellow-citizens would not have sufficed, in ordinary times, to have raised him to the first magistracy.

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