'Magistracy' definitions:
Definition of 'magistracy'
From: WordNet
noun
The position of magistrate [syn: magistracy, magistrature]
Definition of 'Magistracy'
From: GCIDE
- Magistracy \Mag"is*tra*cy\, n.; pl. Magistracies. [From Magistrate.]
- 1. The office or dignity of a magistrate. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The collective body of magistrates. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'magistracy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aedileship,
- archbishopric,
- archdiocese,
- archiepiscopacy,
- archiepiscopate,
- aristocracy,
- arrondissement,
- bailiwick,
- bishopric,
- borough,
- canton,
- chairmanship,
- chancellery,
- chancellorate,
- chancellorship,
- chiefery,
- chiefry,
- chieftaincy,
- chieftainry,
- chieftainship,
- city,
- commune,
- congressional district,
- constablewick,
- consulate,
- consulship,
- county,
- deanery,
- departement,
- dictatorship,
- dictature,
- diocese,
- directorship,
- district,
- duchy,
- electoral district,
- electorate,
- emirate,
- episcopacy,
- government,
- governorship,
- hamlet,
- headship,
- hegemony,
- hierarchy,
- hundred,
- justiceship,
- Kreis,
- leadership,
- lordship,
- magistrateship,
- magistrature,
- masterdom,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- mayoralty,
- mayorship,
- metropolis,
- metropolitan area,
- metropolitanate,
- metropolitanship,
- nobility,
- oblast,
- okrug,
- papacy,
- parish,
- pashadom,
- pashalic,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- pontificality,
- pontificate,
- popedom,
- popehood,
- popeship,
- precinct,
- prefectship,
- prefecture,
- premiership,
- presidency,
- presidentship,
- prime-ministership,
- prime-ministry,
- princedom,
- princeship,
- principality,
- proconsulate,
- proconsulship,
- protectorate,
- protectorship,
- province,
- provostry,
- provostship,
- rectorate,
- rectorship,
- regency,
- regentship,
- region,
- riding,
- ruling class,
- seigniory,
- seneschalship,
- seneschalsy,
- sheikhdom,
- sheriffalty,
- sheriffcy,
- sheriffdom,
- sheriffwick,
- shire,
- shrievalty,
- soke,
- stake,
- state,
- supervisorship,
- suzerainship,
- suzerainty,
- territory,
- town,
- township,
- tribunate,
- village,
- vizierate,
- viziership,
- wapentake,
- ward