Agist :: Agist (v. t.) To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; -- used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same..

Agistator :: Agistator (n.) See Agister.

Agister :: Agister (n.) Alt. of Agisto.

Agistment :: Agistment (n.) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests..

Agistment :: Agistment (n.) The taking in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certain rate.

Agistment :: Agistment (n.) The price paid for such feeding.

Agistment :: Agistment (n.) A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes..

Agistor :: Agistor (n.) Formerly, an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; -- hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker..

Agistor :: Agistor (n.) Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer..

Antimagistrical :: Antimagistrical (a.) Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates.

Appanagist :: Appanagist (n.) A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.

Areopagist :: Areopagist (n.) See Areopagite.

Galactophagist :: Galactophagist (n.) One who eats, or subsists on, milk..

Geophagism :: Geophagism (n.) The act or habit of eating earth. See Dirt eating, under Dirt..

Geophagist :: Geophagist (n.) One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc..

Hippophagism :: Hippophagism (n.) Hippophagy.

Hippophagist :: Hippophagist (n.) One who eats horseflesh.

Ichthyophagist :: Ichthyophagist (n.) One who eats, or subsists on, fish..

Magister :: Magister (n.) Master; sir; -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts..

Magisterial :: Magisterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic..

Magisterial :: Magisterial (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery. See Magistery, 2..

Magisteriality :: Magisteriality (n.) Magisterialness; authoritativeness.

Magisterially :: Magisterially (adv.) In a magisterial manner.

Magisterialness :: Magisterialness (n.) The quality or state of being magisterial.

Magistery :: Magistery (n.) Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy.

Magistery :: Magistery (n.) A magisterial injunction.

Magistery :: Magistery (n.) A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; -- applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions; as, magistery of bismuth..

Magistracies :: Magistracies (pl. ) of Magistrac.

Magistracy :: Magistracy (n.) The office or dignity of a magistrate.

Magistracy :: Magistracy (n.) The collective body of magistrates.

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