On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Magister. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Magister meaning
- Master; sir: a title used in the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a licence from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
- The possessor of a master's degree.
- The chief male celebrant of an occult ritual.
Using Magister
- The main meaning on this page is: Master; sir: a title used in the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a licence from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts. | The possessor of a master's degree. | The chief male celebrant of an occult ritual.
- In the example corpus, magister often appears in combinations such as: magister militum, magister equitum, the magister.
Context around Magister
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Magister
- In this selection, "magister" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, darkspawn, army, militum, equitum and armhook stand out and add context to how "magister" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 441 the magister militum per and a former magister he is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "magister" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with magister
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dragon Age: Who is Corypheus, the Darkspawn Magister? (8 words)
He used the title Magister as Vice-Chancellor. (8 words)
As a former Magister, he is also a mighty mage well versed in the old magics. (16 words)
However, while the licentia continued to hold a higher prestige than the bachelor's degree (Baccalaureus), it was ultimately reduced to an intermediate step to the Magister and doctorate, both of which now became the exclusive qualification for teaching. (39 words)
For example, Johannes Latinus, who arrived as knight but also as one of the first Transylvanian merchants; Gräf Gyan from Salzburg who frightened the bishop of Weißenburg; and Magister Gocelinus, who presented Michelsberg to the Cistercian abbey Kerz. (38 words)
Antony had been the most important and most successful senior officer in Caesar's army ( magister equitum ) and, thanks to his military record, claimed a substantial share of the political support of Caesar's soldiers and veterans. (37 words)
Dragon Age: Who is Corypheus, the Darkspawn Magister? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
As a former Magister, he is also a mighty mage well versed in the old magics.
Dragon Age: Who is Corypheus, the Darkspawn Magister?
I enjoyed this because the teacher, whom we called Magister (which means teacher in Latin), made it enjoyable to learn a dead language.
In fact, the stomach of this animal contained almost exclusively beaks of squid, which Wild believes were magister armhook squid and have been seen in large quantities by fishermen in Lynn Canal.
Aëtius had spent a brief exile among the Huns in 433, and the troops that Attila provided against the Goths and Bagaudae had helped earn him the largely honorary title of magister militum in the west.
Antony had been the most important and most successful senior officer in Caesar's army ( magister equitum ) and, thanks to his military record, claimed a substantial share of the political support of Caesar's soldiers and veterans.
Christie 1998, pp. 73, 76 The first town to fall into the Lombards' hands was Forum Iulii (Cividale del Friuli), the seat of the local magister militum.
Complaints or appeals against decisions of faculty by the students had to be brought forward by a Magister or Doctor.
Constantius accepted Julian's report of events and Marcellus was replaced as magister equitum by Severus.
Constantius had made him magister militum in 353 with the purpose of blocking the German threats, a feat that Silvanus achieved by bribing the German tribes with the money he had collected.
During this time there worked in the city one of the most famous cannon and bell founders of his time: Ivan Rabljanin (Magister Johannes Baptista Arbensis de la Tolle).
For example, Johannes Latinus, who arrived as knight but also as one of the first Transylvanian merchants; Gräf Gyan from Salzburg who frightened the bishop of Weißenburg; and Magister Gocelinus, who presented Michelsberg to the Cistercian abbey Kerz.
For example, socer, –erī keeps its e. However, the noun magister, –trī ("teacher") drops its e in the genitive singular.
Gould went on to develop this idea in some detail, particularly in the books Rocks of Ages (1999) and The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox (2003).
Here his rampage continued until the eastern government appointed him magister militum per Illyricum, giving him the Roman command he had desired, as well as the authority to resupply his men from the imperial arsenals.
He used the title Magister as Vice-Chancellor.
He was also titled "magister equitum et peditum" ("Master of the Horse and of Foot"), placing him in charge of both the cavalry and infantry forces of the Western Roman Empire.
However, while the licentia continued to hold a higher prestige than the bachelor's degree (Baccalaureus), it was ultimately reduced to an intermediate step to the Magister and doctorate, both of which now became the exclusive qualification for teaching.
In 1478 he had the title of Primus Philosophiae, as well as that of Magister Artium (that is, he took his undergraduate degree).
In 441, the Magister militum per Orientem Anatolius donated a silver coffin to hold the relics.
Common combinations with magister
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- magister militum 8×
- magister equitum 8×
- the magister 7×
- of magister 4×
- magister and 3×
- magister or 2×
- as magister 2×
- him magister 2×
- and magister 2×
- magister in 2×