mastery
Meanings
noun
- The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
- Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.
- The act or process of mastering; the state of having mastered; expertise.
- A contest for superiority.
- A masterly operation; a feat.
- The philosopher's stone.
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Etymology
From Middle English maistery, maistrie, mastere, mastry, from Old French maistrie, equivalent to master + -y.
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