Magistracy
[mædʒistrәsi]
Definition
(n.) The office or dignity of a magistrate.
(n.) The collective body of magistrates.
Editor: Lucia
Examples
- Bless my soul, ma'am, are you aware of the activity of our local magistracy? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The persons employed in the finances, fleets, and magistracy, are instances of this order of men. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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