magilp (magilp)

t. To reduce to the consistency of magilp. If it [pure water] is well mixed with the oil colour, it megilps it sufficiently to hold the combing until it sets. Workshop Receipts , 1st ser., p 421. Magilus (maj'i-lus), n. [NL.] A remarkable genus of gastropods of the family Coralliophili dæ, inquiline upon cor al. The shells when young are regularly spired, but grow with the coral into irregular tubes, the older parts of which are left by the mollusk to become filled in with solid deposits of calcareous matter. The species is named M. antiquus, and may attain a length of 2 or 3 feet. Magism (mā'jizm), п. [= F.magisme; as Mage, Magi, + -ism.] The body of philosophy or doctrines of the Persian Magi: same as Ma gianism. Chaldæism and Magism appear mixed up together. C. O. Müller, Manual of [Archæol. (trans.), § 248. magister (ma-jis'ter), n. [L. magister , a mas Magilus antiquus , natural size. ter, chief, head, superior, director, teacher, etc.: hence ult. E. mas ter1 and mister1, q. v.] Master; sir: an appel magistery scientific or literary distinction, equivalent to the modern title of doctor. It is still used in Latin forms of various degrees. (See below.) In the early church it was given as a title to bishops and presbyters, in distinction from ministers or members of the lower orders. I'm Magister -yea, Doctor - hight. I'm cleverer, true, than those fops of teachers, Doctors and Magisters , Scribes and Preachers. Goethe, Faust, i. 1 (tr. by B. Taylor). Artium Magister, Master of Arts: a degree bestowed by universities and colleges, following the degree of Artium Bac cal aureus or A. B. Also Magister Artium ( M. A. ). See A.M. -Magister cere mon i arum, master of the ceremonies. Magister Disciplinæ, an officer in the Church of Spain, about the fifth century, appointed to take charge of those children who were dedicated to the church at an early age and placed in a bishop's household for instruction in morals and in the rules of the church. The officer who had supervision of children educated in monasteries bore the same title. - Magister Sacri Palatii, in the Rom. Cath. Ch., the incumbent of an office created early in the thirteenth century by Pope Honor i us III. for the religious instruction of the employees of the popes, cardinals, and other Roman Catholic authorities living in Rome. The promoter and first holder of the office was St. Dominic, and later incumbents have been Do mini cans. The duties and privileges of the office were gradually increased until it became one of very considerable importance. Among its privileges are that of conferring the degree of doctor in theology and philosophy and that of licensing books for publication.